Naan

Ingredients

• 2 cups maida
• 1 tsp instant yeast (no-yeast option: ½ tsp baking powder + ¼ tsp baking soda)
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 tbsp yogurt
• ~½ cup warm milk (to bring the dough together)
• 1 tbsp oil or ghee
• Butter or ghee, to brush
• Nigella seeds / kalonji (optional)
• grated garlic (optional, for garlic naan)

Steps

1. 1.Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm milk; rest 5–10 min until foamy. (No-yeast: skip — use the baking powder + soda with the flour.)
2. 2.Mix flour, salt, yogurt, and oil. Add the milk a little at a time and knead a soft dough.
3. 3.Cover; let it rise in a warm spot 1–2 h, until puffy.
4. 4.Knead briefly, divide into ~8 balls, roll each into a teardrop ~½ cm thick. (For garlic naan, knead the grated garlic into the dough first.)
5. 5.Press a few nigella seeds / kalonji into each round. Cook the naan on a very hot tawa, then brush with butter or ghee.