Cheese Naan

Preparation time: 20mins Cooking time: 10mins Easy - for beginners Serves: 2-8

Description

Dough-
- 2 cups of plain flour
- 1 pkt yeast (sachet) (1 tsp if you have a tin of it)
- pinch of salt
- pinch of sugar
- warm/hot water to combine
Filling-
- crushed garlic to taste, i use about a tablespoon per naan
- 2 cups quality tasty cheese or vintage, slices or grated (you can use paneer if you like)
- garnish-
- fresh corriander, sesame, poppy or nigella seeds to decorate
- 2 tsp butter
- spray oil

pre heat oven to 180 c and oil, spray or grease a baking tray and place in the oven
Mix all the “dough” ingredients together and add warm water slowly until it makes a nice soft dough ball
if its too sloppy just add a little extra flour and vice versa
turn out onto a floured surface and knead about 5 mins
flour the ball of dough and set aside in a warm place for a few mins, you can leave it for up to an hour but its not that important if youre pressed for time like i somethimes am. (If you can leave it a bit longer it is definitely better though)
cut cheese slices or grate.
cut the dough into 4 pieces and roll or press each into a disc shape, you dont need to be too particular as long as they are roughly the same size, the dough discs should be around 1/4 cm in thickness
place a tablespoon of garlic onto one disc, sprinkle some parsley over and 1 cup of cheese, top with a second disc and join around the edges by pinching the dough together.
repeat with the second naan
sprinkle with your choice of garnish or seeds
heat 1 tsp butter in a frying pan
MEDIUM HEAT
add one naan cook on either side for around 3-5 mins each till golden brown patches appear
place in the oven on the oiled tray
repeat with second naan
cook in oven appx 5-10 minutes
remove from oven and wrap individually in foil for about 3 minutes to steam a little and make the naan soft
cut and serve

Notes & Tips you can do any traditional nann fillings like kashmiri naan or just shape and use dough alone for plain naan