Naan on tawa or tawa naan recipe: Naan is TH’s favourite bread. That and palak paneer are his absolute favourite dishes to order in a restaurant. I recently got the book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day from the library and got totally smitten by it. I don’t have most of the stuff that they have mentioned as requirements, like pizza peel, oven thermometer, baking stone etc but this Tawa Naan recipe required no special equipment which was great news.
The dough is the master Boule recipe mentioned in popular book Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day
. I halved the recipe since I only wanted to use it for naan the first time around.
. I halved the recipe since I only wanted to use it for naan the first time around.You may also like:
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Naan On Tawa Recipe
Tawa naan is easy yeasted naan recipe made on a tawa on the stove top. This is an easy step by step recipe.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups lukewarm water
- 3/4 tbsp yeast
- 3 and 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
- A generous pinch of salt
Instructions
- Dissolve the yeast in the water. Add in salt and the flour, incorporate well until a sticky dough is formed. No kneading necessary.
- Set aside covered for 20-30 mins.
- Tear or cut off peach-sized amounts with a serrated knife and transfer to a floured surface. Shape into oblong naan with help of rolling pin if necessary. Make sure there are no holes in the naan once you are done rolling it out.
- Heat a skillet on high heat, brush on some ghee or oil, lower the heat to medium and lay the nan on carefully.
- Flip over in about 2 mins when the first side starts browning.
- Cook closed for 30 seconds to a minute now, depending on the thickness of your naan.
Step by Step Tawa Naan Recipe:
Here’s what we need first – 3/4 tbsp of active dry yeast.
Throw the yeast in a bowl with 1.5 cups of lukewarm water. I warmed my water in the microwave for a minute on medium-high powder. The recipe says no need to dissolve the yeast or anything but I secretly made sure it is dissolved. You see, nothing wrong in being extra careful.
Now add 3 and 1/4 cups of all purpose flour and a generous pinch of salt to it.
Ok, now bring the mixture together with your fingers. No need to knead. You’ll be left with a sticky mass of dough. Just leave it covered somewhere warm and dry for about 20-30 mins.
I left it alone for around 20 minutes and it almost doubled. The recipe says not to worry about doubling, etc so I didn’t. I always listen to what cookbooks say. Ok, almost always.
The dough will be sticky and very elastic. Dig your hand in some flour and tear off a peach-sized piece.
Lay it on a floured surface (my ‘surface’ is this).
With the use of your hands and/ or your rolling pin, stretch out the dough till you form a naan shaped… err.. thing. Mine is square because I can’t shape naan properly yet. There, I said it.
Heat a skillet on high heat, brush on some ghee or oil, lower the heat to medium and lay the naan on carefully.
Flip over in about 2 mins when the first side starts browning.
Cook closed for 30 seconds to a minute now, depending on the thickness of your naan, which shouldn’t be too much, btw.
That’s it! Yummy, spongy, soft naan is now ready. The texture and taste was awesome and we loved it. Just make sure to have it when still hot otherwise the naan may turn a bit rubbery. That’s to be expected right, even the ones baked in tandoors that we get in restaurants turn all hard on us if we don’t eat it immediately.
Naan goes fabulously with butter chicken, paneer butter masala, or even this easy chicken curry with coconut milk.
For tawa naan recipe in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu etc please use the Google translate button in the sidebar.
Hey Nags, just cooked Nans this weekend, following your recipe, they turned out to be awesome!
The step-by-step recipe helps a lot!!
Way to go!!
Thats amazing!!! you make it sound so simple, I just have to try this now!
wow, look at that, I'm already drooling, great color, looks delicious
Lovely easy recipe.1st time here, nice collection of recipes you have.
Nags, pictorial is of great help..naan on tava was heard of, but not seen..would like to try it in few days time! Tks for sharing n posting the technique!
I make these occasionally,when some one visits…to show off them that I can make at home ;D But for our selves,I am too lazy to roll these… 🙂
I have posted a Naan recipe, As my patience wears off, I do them on the tawa like you, I don't like plain naan, I used to always order Rotis, hubby dear always ordered butter naan, now I add garlic & butter, that is ok, now!, fell in love with your step by step creation.., They look very soft and good.., I used to have a chatti, stick the dough to it once it got cooked underneath I used to turn it upside down and cook, Non-stick doesn't work like that 🙁
Thanks. This is a great recipe. Will try it soon.
Nice post. I make this regularly, esp. when I have guests… in my double burner griddle where I can slap in 3 or 4 at a time.. takes less effort than roti:-)
LOL@my TH asked for square naans. I believe you coz my kids and hubby always request for square chappatis too : Great job. I like your style.
Off now to make some us some naans.
Angela