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British Indian Restaurant Recipes - Starters & Side Dishes => Starters & Side Dishes => Breads (Naan, Puri, Chapatti, Paratha, etc) => Topic started by: Cory Ander on March 01, 2010, 05:37 AM
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From Dipuraja's YouTube video's here: http://www.youtube.com/user/dipuraja1#p/u/2/ZuD3l0b6ep0 (http://www.youtube.com/user/dipuraja1#p/u/2/ZuD3l0b6ep0)
Original thread posted by GulfExpat here: http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4352.msg39760;topicseen#msg39760 (http://www.curry-recipes.co.uk/curry/index.php?topic=4352.msg39760;topicseen#msg39760)
Naan Bread:
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 0.5 pints milk
- 1kg self raising flour
Method:
- Place baking powder, sugar, eggs and milk into a bowl
- Mix well with an egg whisk
- Add the flour
- Mix well and knead into a reasonably stiff but pliable dough (add a little water, if necessary, if the dough is too stiff - but don't allow the dough to become too wet and unmanageable)
- Cover the surface of the dough with a little vegetable oil and allow the dough to rest for about 1 hour
- Take a cricket sized piece of dough and, using a rolling pin, roll it into a naan shape on a floured surface
- Place the naan on a lightly oiled baking tray and cook in a very hot preheated oven for about 4 minutes (or until cooked and risen)
Video link here:
How to make naan dough (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E34u6urWoZc#normal)
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This is the current link for the Naan recipe
http://www.youtube.com/user/dipuraja1#p/u/18/E34u6urWoZc (http://www.youtube.com/user/dipuraja1#p/u/18/E34u6urWoZc)
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I cooked this today. The naans are great.
I cooked them in my sandwich toaster..
http://www.chrisrand.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/29/sandwich-toaster-deals-amazon-uk/ (http://www.chrisrand.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/29/sandwich-toaster-deals-amazon-uk/)
They turned out great, I'm sold on using the sandwich toaster for naans now. I mixed chopped garlic, butter and coriander and smeared the top with the mix before I toasted them, they were ruddy delicious. :)
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VC, I love the idea of using a sandwich maker for nans. At last they may actually have a purpose and be used regularly. The obvious question is which one do you use and what size do the nans come out, being a Glaswegian when it comes to nans size matters though convenience not to mention less use of the planets resources makes sense. PP
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I cooked them in my sandwich toaster..
What do you mean by 'sandwich toaster'? Is it like a Panini press?
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Yeah I think a panini press is similar - they used to be called "toastie machines" in my younger days. I actually have one and have never thogh about using it for naans, but it sounds like a great idea. Like panpot, it wouldn't be big enough for tartan naans but that's more of a style things I suppose. I must give this a try.
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If you use a sandwich maker or Panini press, won't the naan bread come out rather flat and squashed, i.e. not looking very good?
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If you use a sandwich maker or Panini press, won't the naan bread come out rather flat and squashed, i.e. not looking very good?
That's the first thing that came to my mind too. But I have a Panini press which I bought thinking it was one of those toasted triangle sandwich thingies and I've never used it.
Looks like it might be getting a work out now though.
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SS, let us know how you get on with this as it might just make life a lot easier.PP
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Iv got a Large George Foreman perfect size for nan . Do you think this would work ?
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Iv got a Large George Foreman perfect size for nan . Do you think this would work ?
I suppose it depends on whether your nan likes George Foreman or not. I suggest a light afternoon tea at a country tea room first, just to get them introduced. ::)
Seriously though, I've yet to try it on my pannini press but I think if your George Foreman grill has flat plates and is , as you say, large, then I don't see why not.
Only one way to find out.
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This still intrigues me. It would be good if VC would come back to give us more info. As SS points out the bread surely turns out flat or squashed. Unless the toaster has a hollowed out interior to allow the contents to rise. I also have an unused George Forman but it has those ridged plates to burn into meat and again would probably not allow the typical bubbling on a Nan. pP
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As SS points out the bread surely turns out flat or squashed. Unless the toaster has a hollowed out interior to allow the contents to rise.
How about an 8Kw wok burner and a Habitat chicken brick ?
** Phil.
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You havn't got to close the lid on a george foreman grill, maybe you just do one side at a time.
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No, it doesn't flatten them, the lid is hinged and can be set at different heights, it is just above the naan as it cooks and where the lumpy bits rise it scorches them to look just like those done in a tandoor.
If you follow the link from my first post on this thread you can see what they look like.
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My one looks like the one on the far right, except with flat plates.
http://www.sandwichtoasters.net/ (http://www.sandwichtoasters.net/)
As you can just make out the top plate locks at varying heights to make cheese on toast etc.
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Thanks for coming back VC. Of all the methods found on the site for cooking Nans how would you rate your results. Are you doing it this way for convenience and perhaps sacrificing quality or is it much better cooking them this way than others you have tried. PP
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100% better than oven with much more control than a grill, you can get the underside crisp while getting a really nice scorched effect on the top. Not having access to a tandoor I couldn't compare it but it's the closest I've come to getting a real BIR naan (and I've tried a lot).
The naan comes out lovely and soft with a crisp underneath. Brush with some garlic, butter and coriander and they're great.
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Thanks VC sounds like you have cracked it. PP
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Today I tried the recipe for Dipuraja's Naan Bread as at post #1.
I thought the ingredients looked like a recipe for scones - interesting that SS should mention afternoon tea earlier in this thread - and they came out with the texture and taste of scones. They were nothing like BIR naans.
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Oh my God, this is an awful recipe/method... it basically makes pizza base LOL