Grammy's Kitchen · Naan · Naan – Indian Flatbread
One of 32 naan recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 32 for crust crispness among the naan recipes we compared. 48 cooks on www.melskitchencafe.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 73% | 75% |
| fat | 20% | 17% |
| salt | 9% | 2% |
| yeast | 0% | 2% |
| total sugar | 2% | 2% |
| flour strength | 2.1 | 1.0 |
| acid | 73% | 0% |
| preferment | 1% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 420 g | 3-4 cups all-purpose flour |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon active dry or instant yeast |
| 366 g | 1 1/2 cups milk |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sugar |
| 50 g | 3-4 tablespoons (melted butter) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.melskitchencafe.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is absolutely the best bread! I wish I had doubled it! We ate it with the Korean rice bowls and it was heaven. We also ate them warm with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top. My kids said, “Mom! These are sooooo good! We have to make them for dinner all the” — a cook, 5.0★
“So good! My preschooler helped make this and then devoured two pieces. We rolled this to about 6 inches. We didn’t need to flour our pastry mat at all. We did sprinkle garlic lightly on some pieces. ” — a cook, 5.0★