Cheesy naan with garlic butter

Total: 2 hr 20 min. | Active: 50 min.
vegetarian

Even better than the classic garlic naan is a garlic naan stuffed with cheese! To give the naan a nice stringy texture, we fill it with a generous amount of mozzarella. The cheesy naan is a wonderful accompaniment to Indian curries or a substitute for pita bread.

Recipe by:
Joel & Muriel

Ingredients

for 8 pieces

Dough
250 g white flour
½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp sodium bicarbonate
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp dry yeast
¼ tsp sugar
2 tbsp water
100 g plain greek yoghurt
1 dl milk
Garlic butter
100 g butter, cut into pieces
garlic cloves, finely chopped
½ tsp salt
To shape
300 g grated mozzarella

How it's done

Dough

In the food processor bowl, mix the flour with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt. Mix the yeast, sugar and water together well, add to the flour with the yoghurt and milk. Knead the dough for approx. 3 mins. using the dough hook on a food processor. Shape the dough into a ball, cover and leave to rise at room temperature for approx. 1½ hrs. until doubled in size.

Garlic butter

Melt half of the butter in a pan. Sauté the garlic for approx. 3 mins. Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the remaining butter, allow to melt. Cover the garlic butter and set aside.

To shape

Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface, divide into 8 portions, roll out into circles (approx. 15 cm in diameter). Place ⅛ of the cheese in the centre of a dough circle, gather the edges of the dough over the filling so that the cheese is enclosed. Flatten the dough, dust with a little flour, roll out again to form a circle of approx. 15 cm in diameter. Repeat the process with the remaining pieces of dough. Preheat the oven and plate to 60° C.

To bake

Brush both sides of the naan breads with a little garlic butter. Cook the naan breads one by one in a warm non-stick frying pan for approx. 3 mins. each until bubbles appear on the surface, turn over and cook for a further 2 mins., remove from the pan, brush with the garlic butter, keep warm in the oven.

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