Indian Bread-Naan

Photo: flickr user Casey Serin

Ingredients

2/3 cup Hot milk (115 degrees)

2 teaspoons Sugar

2 teaspoons Dry yeast

3 3/4 cups Unbleached all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Baking powder

2 tablespoons Vegetable oil (I prefer clarified butter

2/3 cup Yogurt

1 lrg Egg

Preparation

Mix together the milk, 1 tsp. sugar and the yeast. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder. Add remaining sugar, yeast mixture, butter, yogurt, and egg. Knead dough for ten minutes. brush with butter and let rise for 1 hour. Preheat your oven to the hottest temp.( Indian people bake this bread in a Tandoor oven which get very hot-600 degrees or more) and preheat your heaviest tray with it. Punch down and knead again. Divide into 6 portions and roll flat. As you roll ou

This recipe came from Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking . You could find it in your local library- it's a very good cookbook.