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Perfect Naan Bread with Garlic Butter is a sweet and buttery flatbread with simple ingredients that is thick and rich that fluffs up and softens when cooked then brush on a garlic buttery sauce for added flavor. Learn how to make homemade naan bread! 
Naan Bread with Garlic Butter
Learn how quickly this homemade naan bread is to make with this simple to make recipe and ingredients that you have on hand. Enjoy this bread recipe as a side or stuffing it full with your favorite meats, lettuce and cheese to make this a complete meal. Your family is going to love how easy this is to make the buttery rich garlic spread that is brushed on overtop of the bread. Serve this warm with soups and salads. It is an incredible taste that you are going to love!
What is the Difference Between Naan and Pita Bread?
Both of the Naan bread and pita bread are known as flatbreads. They each have yeast raised dough. The difference between the two is that Naan is usually made with an egg and yogurt base that thickens and gives it a different texture when cooking. Pita bread is a leaner dough that is a thinner and usually consists of basic ingredients such as flour, water, yeast, salt and olive oil. To make a pita bread recipe, you also need a very hot oven in order to cook it with a pocket in the pita.
Homemade Naan Bread Ingredients:
These ingredients are simple to have on hand and easy to make this naan bread. It is one of the quickest ways of making homemade naan bread and tastes AMAZING when done. You will love how easy these ingredients are to mix together then cook on the stove top for
- Flour: All purpose flour works best. This will help it rise and also adds thickness to the bread.
- Sugar: Add some sweetness to your bread.
- Instant Dry Yeast: This will help aid in rising your bread as well as hopefully going quicker.
- Salt: Sprinkle some salt to make this a sweet and salty bread with the buttery garlic topping.
- Anise Seeds: It is a flowering plant that is a spice. You can find this at your local grocery store in the seasoning isle.
- Warm Water: This aids in helping the naan bread rise.
- Plain Yogurt: Yogurt is a great way to enrich flavor while adding a softer ingredient that thickens and smooths the dough.
- Olive Oil: Brush on oil to help cook the naan bread.
Garlic Butter Topping Ingredients:
After the naan bread is cooked and warmed from the stove top, add this garlic butter topping recipe is a MUST. It is so delicious and adds a great flavoring to the hot naan bread.
- Butter: Butter helps blend the ingredients together and spreading easily over the warm naan bread.
- Garlic Powder: Blends well with the butter adding a garlic taste on the naan bread.
- Sea Salt: Adding sea salt adds a sweet and salty texture to the pita outside.
- Parsley: For garnish
How to Make Naan Bread:
- Combine dough ingredients: In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, instant yeast and salt. In another medium sized bowl whisk together the warm water, yogurt, and olive oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until the dough starts to come together. Lightly flour your your hands and knead into a ball.
- Let the dough raise: Cover the bowl with a clean towel or plastic wrap and let it double in size in a warm area. About 1 hour.
- Cut and Roll out the dough. Lightly flour a clean surface and shape the dough into a rectangle and cut into about 8 equal parts. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Heat a skillet: Preheat a skillet to medium high heat. You want the skillet to be very hot. Put the dough onto the hot skillet and flip after about 30 seconds after bubbles start to form and it turns brown. Flip to the other side and cook until it is golden brown and blacked about a minute more.
- Whisk garlic butter ingredients and brush on: Brush with garlic butter and garnish with chopped parsley.
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Perfect Naan Bread with Garlic Butter
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon instant dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon anise seeds optional
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1/4 cup plain yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
Garlic Butter Topping:
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- pinch of sea salt
- Parsley for garnish
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, instant yeast and salt. In another medium sized bowl whisk together the warm water, yogurt, and olive oil. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients until the dough starts to come together. Lightly flour your your hands and knead into a ball.
- Cover the bowl with a clean towel or plastic wrap and let it double in size in a warm area. About 1 hour.
- Lightly flour a clean surface and shape the dough into a rectangle and cut into about 8 equal parts. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- Preheat a skillet to medium high heat. You want the skillet to be very hot. Put the dough onto the hot skillet and flip after about 30 seconds after bubbles start to form and it turns brown. Flip to the other side and cook until it is golden brown and blacked about a minute more.
- Brush with garlic butter and garnish with chopped parsley.
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Nutrition
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My dough stayed sticky no matter how much flour I added & was quite difficult to work with… no idea what i did wrong. But the taste was great regardless, so i definitely will be makin this bread again (albeit with less sugar, it was a bit too sweet for me).
Can sour cream be substituted for the yogurt?
That should work fine!
What kind of salt did you use in the video? Looks sort of multicolored!
I just used regular salt.
I made these last night. They were terrific. I used approximately 0.16 cup of sugar, instead of 0.25 cup. That was perfect for me. Iwill definitely make them again. I don’t understand the posts stating that there is too much liquid; it was perfect. I would like to know, what pan is best to use to cook them? I used my stainless steel pan, and it was so hard to clean afterwards. I needed to use stainless steel cleaner, and lots of elbow grease.
Too much liquid? Is the water amount correct in the recipe? Or too little flour? At any rate, I added flour until I could form a ball. The Naan were tasty.
Same. I must’ve added at least an extra cup of flour before it would come together as a dough.
Tried this today and I doubt I’ll ever buy from in-store again! So easy and tasted great
Hi! Made this twice already. But there is too much liquid. So I keep adding flour. Nonetheless, it was good.
Can you use plain Greek yogurt?
Yes, that will work too.
It’s good, but too sweet. It doesn’t taste like Naan.
I agree, its too sweet 1tsp of sugar is more then enough for this recipe.
Tried this today and my family really liked it ! Infact I had to do another batch few hours later
I’ve never had naan bread, but would like to try it sometime. However, there are just 2 of us. Can the extra pieces be frozen for later?
Yes! You can freeze it or store it in a ziplock bag or airtight container. If you like it warm you can reheat it in the oven or microwave.
Can dough be frozen?
Hi Alyssa, I made these a few weeks ago and my family really enjoyed them, so I am making some again today. I can send you a picture as proof!! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.
So happy that they turned out for you! Thank you for your comment!
Will regular yeast work.
Yes, it will just be a little longer.
Is Instant Dry Yeast the same as Active Dry Yeast? Or did I need to buy the rapid rise?
No, they are slightly different. Instant yeast can be mixed right into the dough whereas the active yeast needs to be dissolved in water.
have never made naan, only eaten it, so thank you for this recipe!