Grammy's Kitchen · Naan · Simple Homemade Naan (5 Ingredients)
One of 32 naan recipes we measured
from alexandracooks.com
It ranks #1 of 32 for workability among the naan recipes we compared. 81 cooks on alexandracooks.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 100% | 75% |
| fat | 11% | 17% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| yeast | 2% | 2% |
| total sugar | 0% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 256 g | 2 cups (256 g) all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon (5 g) kosher salt |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon (4 g) instant yeast |
| 136 g | 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (136 g) boiling water |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup (120 g) Greek yogurt |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons melted butter, for brushing (I use salted) |
Method: 5 steps, published by alexandracooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I didn’t have any instant yeast, so I used dry active yeast and increased by one gram (per general internet advice to offset not having the correct yeast). I put in the oven to rise for 1.5 hours after warming up oven and turning off. The resulting doug” — a cook, 4.0★
“Simple recipe wit no uneccessary ingredients like sugar, egg, milk, oil- just NOT NEEDED. Super easy to mix in a few minutes. I used 0%fat Fage. Like her warning about excess flour and the smoking it causes in your kitchen. I use little and dust off w pastr” — a cook, 5.0★