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How To Make Garlic Naan Recipe on Tawa| Garlic Naan Recipe

June 29, 2014 by Gopi Patel 19 Comments

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Garlic naan recipe on Tawa – Naan is one of the most ordered Indian bread in an Indian restaurant. Usually this soft tasty Indian bread is cooked in tandoor oven, a hot clay oven used to cook tandoori dishes. Often the temperature reaches to 500 degree in tandoor ovens making it difficult to adopt the naan recipe at home. Lot of people have asked how to make garlic naan on tawa or gas stove. So here is complete recipe of garlic naan cooked on tawa instead of oven.

Garlic naan is my favorite naan. It goes really well with so many punjabi curries. The garlicky flavor of naan compliments the spicy flavor to different Punjabi curries.

Here I have made garlic naan on tawa instead of oven. Not all home kitchens have oven to their disposal. So why not to use gas stove and a tawa to recreate this soft and delicious naan bread. Just try this recipe as I have described here and I am sure you will be surprised how easy it is to make garlic naan at home on gas stove / tawa.

I have used dry yeast to make naan dough fluffy and soft. If you want you can avoid but I would highly recommend using yeast as it makes garlic naan really soft and tasty. The naan dough is usually kneaded in milk instead of water. That also adds into the softness of naan. I have also added some yogurt / curd to enhance the flavor.

garlic naan recipe on tawa garlic naan recipeI have served the garlic naan with home made aloo palak curry. This soft and light garlic naan goes really well with any Punjabi gravy based curry. Serve it hot as soon as it comes out of tawa.

Let us check the recipe of garlic naan on tawa.

Step by Step Garlic Naan Recipe on Tawa

In a bowl take 1/3rd cup of lukewarm water and add dry yeast.

tawa garlic naan recipe yeastAdd a 1/2 tablespoon of sugar and salt to warm water and stir well until yeast dissolves completely.

tawa garlic naan recipe sugarKeep aside the yeast mixture for 5 minutes until yeast gets activated.

tawa garlic naan recipe yeast mixtureIn a large bowl take all purpose flour (maida) and add a tablespoon of yogurt. If you have curd whisk it gently before adding. Add milk.

tawa garlic naan recipe yogurtPour in the yeast mixture in all purpose floor (maida).

tawa garlic naan recipe dough mixtureKnead the maida in smooth and soft naan dough using a spoon or by hand. While kneading add more milk if required.

tawa garlic naan recipe milk doughKnead into smooth and soft dough.

tawa garlic naan recipe doughCover the dough using moist kitchen towel and keep aside for 1 to 1.5 hour. Keep in a warm place. The dough should get roughly double in size once rested properly.

tawa garlic naan recipe dough resting wet clothThe naan dough is ready and increased in size.

tawa garlic naan recipe dough restedDivide the soft naan dough into 5 to 6 small round dumplings. Keep aside for 5 to 10 minutes.

tawa garlic naan recipe dough dumplingsDust a rolling board using some flour and take one naan ball. Press gently and apply some flour on it.

tawa garlic naan recipe naanUsing a rolling pin, roll the naan dough into naan as shown in below photo. Alternatively you can make naan using hand instead of using rolling pin. Stretch the naan using hand to make it oblong shaped.

tawa garlic naan recipe rollingPeel off the garlic and finely chop. Spread the finely chopped garlic on naan and using rolling pin press it against the naan.

tawa garlic naan recipe garlicTurn the naan upside down (garlic side down) and apply water on the other side. Water along with the flour make a sticky glue that will help naan get stuck on hot tawa. This is crucial as we turn tawa upside down and cook naan directly on gas flame.

tawa garlic naan recipe apply waterTake the garlic naan and gently place it on preheated tawa. Apply some pressure using fingers on garlic naan. Cook for 1 minute on high flame.

tawa garlic naan recipe tawaTurn the tawa upside down on gas flame as shown in below photo. We will now cook naan directly on hot gas flame.

tawa garlic naan recipe invert tawa on gasWhile the garlic naan is getting cooked on direct flame as shown in below photo, move the tawa so that it is evenly cooked. Do not let garlic naan get burned. Cook till it gets golden brown color.

tawa garlic naan recipe inverted tawa gasGarlic naan is ready.  Repeat the above steps for remaining naan dough dumplings and make delicious mouth watering garlic naan on tawa.

Smear some butter on garlic naan and serve hot with some Punjabi curries like aloo palak, palak paneer, matar paneer etc.

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Garlic naan recipe on tawa:

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How To Make Garlic Naan Recipe on Tawa |Garlic Naan Recipe
 
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Prep time
1 hour 30 mins
Cook time
15 mins
Total time
1 hour 45 mins
 
Garlic Bread Recipe on Tawa - Home made soft fluffy light Indian naan bread with garlic cooked on tawa / gas stove.
Author: Gopi Patel
Recipe type: Main,Indian Bread
Cuisine: Indian,Punjabi
Serves: 2
Ingredients
  • All purpose flour (maida): 1 1/2 cup
  • Dry yeast: 1/2 tbsp
  • Sugar: 1/2 tbsp
  • Salt: 1/2 tbsp
  • Water: 1/3 cup, warm
  • Curd: 1 tbsp
  • Milk: 1/2 cup
  • Garlic: 1 tbsp, finely chopped
  • Butter: 1 tbps
Instructions
To Make Naan Dough
  1. In a bowl take 1/3 cup of lukewarm water and mix dry yeast, sugar and salt.
  2. Stir till the yeast dissolves in the warm water. Keep aside for 5 minutes to activate yeast.
  3. In another bowl take plain flour (maida) and add yogurt, milk and activated yeast water.
  4. Mix well using spoon or hand and knead into dough. Add more milk while kneading if required.
  5. Cover the naan dough with a moist kitchen towel and keep aside in a warm place to rest for 1 to 1.5 hour.
  6. The dough will doubles as the yeast activates. Once ready divide the naan dough into roughly equal size dumplings.
To Make Garlic Naan on Tawa
  1. Peel off the garlic, finely chop and keep aside in a plate.
  2. Take each naan dumplings on a dusted board and roll into naan using rolling pin.
  3. Alternatively you can make naan with hand stretching the dough in naan shape.
  4. Sprinkle finely chopped garlic on naan and using rolling pin press it in naan.
  5. Turn on the gas and keep tawa to preheat.
  6. Turn the naan to other side and apply water using hand.
  7. Place the naan on hot tawa wet side down garlic side up. Gently press using hand to stick in on tawa.
  8. Cook for 1 min on high flame.
  9. Turn the tawa upside down on gas flame as shown in photo.
  10. Move the tawa carefully on flame to cook naan evenly.
  11. Take the garlic naan in a serving plate and smear some butter.
  12. Cook remaining naan dumplings using above steps.
  13. Serve garlic naan hot with Punjabi curries like palak paneer, matar paneer etc.
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Categories: Indian Bread Recipes, North Indian Cuisine, Punjabi Cuisine Ingredients: Garlic (Lehsun), Plain flour (Maida), Yeast (Khamir)

Comments

  1. Neha Patel says

    July 2, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Wow excellent…

    Reply
  2. POTTI says

    July 2, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    I always wanted to learn this, thanks a lot.

    Reply
  3. Scheherazade says

    September 18, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    These look perfect! And the trick of putting water to let the naan stick on the tawa is awesome. Definitely trying this and sharing on my fb page: http://www.facebook.com/cantcookwillcook !

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      September 16, 2014 at 11:17 pm

      Hi Scheherazade, glad you liked the recipe 🙂 Do share it on your fb page.

      Reply
  4. Rayna says

    February 4, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    This recipe is awesome. I made plain nan and it came out really well. Thank you for sharing it!!

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      April 22, 2015 at 11:20 pm

      Hi Rayna, that’s great.. you welcome 🙂

      Reply
  5. Avita khawas says

    February 16, 2015 at 4:35 pm

    The response I got after making it was..WOW..easy to make n fluffy dhaba type..thanks a ton for sharing….

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      February 17, 2015 at 10:15 am

      Hi Avita, isn’t that awesome feeling.. you put all that effort in making delicious food and at the end everyone just loves it at home.. glad everyone at your place liked it..

      Reply
  6. Shweta Saxena says

    April 22, 2015 at 6:16 pm

    mera naan ka dough bahut geela ho gaya jabki maine same apki measurement follow kiya tha

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      April 22, 2015 at 11:15 pm

      Hi Shweta, I guess due to difference in the type of maida your dough became too soft. Sometimes this happens. In such case you can add more maida and knead the dough again to get it right.

      Reply
  7. Sarah says

    November 11, 2015 at 6:06 am

    What kind of tawa is used here? Non-stick or stainless steel or ceramic coated? I want to try this! Thanks

    Reply
  8. Preeti Skyles says

    January 4, 2016 at 3:28 am

    Awesome recipe!! Tried it today and loved it!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      January 8, 2016 at 11:29 am

      Thank you so much Preeti:)

      Reply
  9. Kunal says

    June 2, 2016 at 3:03 am

    If you don’t want to have to turn around your tawa, I have a tool that has really wide metal grates with a handle, and that gives access to open flame.

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      June 16, 2016 at 10:38 am

      Hi Kunal you can make naan with what ever way you feel comfortable, Finally the end result should be good 🙂

      Reply
  10. yolanda says

    February 10, 2017 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks for this recipe. The steps were so easy to follow.My family loved the homemade naan.

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      March 18, 2017 at 6:24 pm

      Glad to know that your family liked the naan 🙂

      Reply
  11. Matt says

    February 24, 2017 at 11:03 am

    You wrote tbsp for the measurements. Did you mean to write Tbsp??? Or tsp. Is it Tablespoon or teaspoon? Big difference.

    Reply
    • Gopi Patel says

      March 18, 2017 at 6:14 pm

      Hi Matt, It is Tbsp(tablespoon).

      Reply

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