Legendary Vegan Garlic Naan - Delicious And Simple To Make
Soft and Fluffy: Perfect Naan Every Time
Ingredients
- 250 grams/ 2 cups flour I used spelt flour
- 1 tbsp sugar or maple/agave/rice syrup
- 2 1/4 tsp yeast I used dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 50 ml/ 3 1/3 tbsp soy milk
- 70 grams/ 1/4 cup soy yogurt
- 1 tsp curcuma
- 80 ml/ 1/3 cup water lukewarm
Instructions
- Start with the preferment. For that, mix the sugar, water, yeast and 4 tbsp of the flour. Let it sit for about 15 minutes, until you see it increased in volume. That's when you know the fermentation process kicked off.
- For the next step, mix the preferment with the rest of the ingredients, so salt, yogurt, curcuma, soy milk and soy yogurt. You can either mix it manually, kneading the dough on a floured surface for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic or in my case I used a machine.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl and cover with a kitchen cloth. Let it all rise for about an hour, until you can see that the dough rises to about double the size.
- Now heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Since the dough is more on the wet, sticky side, I like to get my hands wet, placing a bowl of water next to the stove, before I form the bread in my pan. I like to grease the pan before I place the dough in the pan.
- I then cook each naan for 2-3 minutes on one side, until it looks golden brown or bubbles form, then flip and cook it for another 1-2 minutes.
- For the serving stage I like to brush the hot naan with a mixture of melted butter and olive oil mixed with salt, pepper, a clove of garlic and some fresh herbs like cilantro or parsley or enjoy it plain, it is a joy for your taste buds either way. Enjoy!
