Homemade Naan Bread Recipe | Spark A Little Sunshine | Lisa Alavi

Nothing is better than having your bread freshly baked, warm, soft, buttery - ready to melt in your mouth. This naan bread recipe yields 9 dough balls, which can be enjoyed as a solo serving size to dip into your stews, soups, hummus, yogurt, wraps on the go, or personal pan pizza dough. You may also combine 2+ dough balls for a pizza flatbread. See our other recipes that incorporate the beautiful homemade bread from this one.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 packet of yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 cup greek yogurt
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 tablespoons Melted Vegan Butter
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder or a few fresh cloves grated

Directions:

1. Proof Your Yeast: In a large bowl, proof your yeast. Combine the warm water, packet of yeast, and sugar. Stir and let it sit about 5 minutes.
2. Combine Ingredients: Beat in your egg, then add your oil, salt, garlic powder, greek yogurt, and flour. Leave roughly 2 tablespoons of flour aside for later prepping of your rolling pin and board. Stir into a rough mix then begin kneading to properly combine all ingredients.
3. Let it Rise: Wet a towel, squeeze out the water, and set it on top of the bowl. Wait 30-40  minutes and check back. You want to wait until your dough has doubled in size. It should go from about a grapefruit to a cantaloupe in size.
4. Uncover and Cut into 9 equal sections, 9 dough balls.
5. Roll it Out: Use the remaining flour as needed to prep you rolling pin and the board. This will ensure your dough doesn't stick to the surface. 
6. Give it a Gentle Pull: After rolled out, gently pull at it with your fingers as well to spread out the naan dough as much as it naturally will allow.

1. Coat both sides of the dough in butter and fry it about 5 minutes on both sides. 
2. Repeat for all 9 dough balls to made a stack of naan.
3. You can use it as a premade personal pan pizza bread, to dip in hummus, eggplant dishes, wraps, you name it... this bread is absolutely delicious all around.

Oven:

1. For a pizza flatbread, you may combine 2-3 dough balls as you see fit for amount of people, roll it out, butter or olive oil both sides and cook it in the oven on a baking sheet with foil at 428 F for 4 min each side, then and additional 5-8 minutes with all pizza toppings.

💛 Love & Light,

Lisa Alavi, Spark A Little Sunshine 💫