Naan
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons yogurt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour plus 1/2 cup whole wheat flour or all unbleached flour, plus flour for rolling out the dough
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons salt
- Oil for the bowl
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted, warm
- Stir together the yeast, milk, yogurt, and sugar in a bowl and set aside.
- Combine the flour, egg, and salt in a food processor.
- Turn the machine on and add the yeast mixture through the feed tube.
- Process for about 30 seconds, adding 1 1/2 cups water, a little at a time, until the mixture forms a ball and is slightly sticky to the touch.
- If dry, add another tablespoon or two of water and process for another 10 seconds.
- (In the unlikely event that the mixture is too sticky, add flour, a tablespoon at a time.)
- Turn the dough onto a floured work surface and knead by hand for a few seconds to form a smooth, round ball.
- Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap; let rise until the dough doubles in size, 1 to 2 hours.
- (You can cut this rising time short if you are in a hurry, or you can let the dough rise more slowly, in the refrigerator, for up to 6 or 8 hours.)
- Put a baking sheet (or, preferably, a baking stone) on a rack on the lowest shelf of your oven; preheat the oven to 500F.
- Punch the dough down and, using as much flour as necessary to keep the dough from sticking to the board or your hands, roll it into a snake, then tear the snake into 12 equal-sized balls.
- Let them rest for 10 minutes covered with plastic wrap or a damp towel.
- Using flour as necessary, roll out one of the balls into an oval roughly 6 to 8 inches long and 3 or 4 inches wide.
- Open the oven door, grab the dough, one hand on each end of the oval, and give it a little tug with one hand to shape it into a teardrop, then toss it onto the baking sheet or stone.
- Close the oven door and flip the naan after 3 minutes.
- The naan is ready when its puffed, mottled, and browned around the edges, 6 to 8 minutes.
- You can cook as many naan as will comfortably fit at once.
- Wrap the freshly baked naan in a kitchen towel to keep them warm and pliable.
- Serve as soon as possible, brushed on one side with melted butter.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/naan-385935 (may not work)