Garlic Butter Naan

Soft, pillowy naan brushed with garlic butter — the essential Indian bread.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp yeast, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup warm milk
• 1/4 cup yogurt
• 2 tbsp ghee + more for brushing
• 1 egg
• Garlic butter: 3 tbsp melted butter, 3 garlic cloves minced, cilantro

Method

1. Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt. Add milk, yogurt, ghee, egg. Knead 6 min until soft.

2. Rise 1 hour.

3. Divide into 8 balls. Roll into ovals.

4. Cook in screaming-hot cast iron skillet 1.5 min until bubbles form and bottom is charred. Flip, 1 min.

5. Brush immediately with garlic butter and cilantro.

What You're Practicing

• The yogurt makes the dough tender and slightly tangy — it weakens gluten for a softer bread.
• A cast iron skillet at maximum heat is the closest home approximation to a tandoor oven.
• Brush with garlic butter while the naan is still hot — it melts and absorbs into the bread.