Butter Naan

Naan is a round flatbread made of white flour.Naan resembles pita bread and,naan is cooked in a tandoor, or clay oven, from which tandoori cooking takes its name.Modern recipes sometimes substitute baking powder for the yeast. Milk or yoghurt may also be used to give greater volume and thickness to the naan. Typically, the naan will be served hot and brushed with ghee or butter. It can be used to scoop other foods, or served stuffed with a filling: for example, keema naan is stuffed with a minced meat mixture. Another variation is peshwari or peshawari naan, Peshawari naan and Kashmiri naan are filled with a mixture of nuts and raisins; aloo naan is stuffed with potatoes.Typical naan recipe involves mixing white flour with salt, a yeast culture, and enough yogurt to make a smooth, elastic dough. The dough is kneaded for a few minutes, then set aside to rise for a few hours. Once risen, the dough is divided into balls, which are flattened and cooked.Butter naan is one of my favourite, its was about a week i tried butter naan at home n cooked them in oven instead of stove top..as this butter naan suites prefectly for RCI-Lucknow guest hosted by Lavi of Home cook's Recipes, am sending this butter naan to the event started by Lakshmi...

4cups All purpose flour
2tsp Yeast
1/4cup Luke Warm water
1/4cup Luke Warm milk
2tbsp Butter (melted)
1/4cup Yoghurt
1tsp Sugar
Salt
Few tsps Butter

Add the yeast,luke warm water, luke warm milk with sugar n salt, keep aside let them stand for 15 minutes..now add the yeast mixture, all purpose flour, yoghurt and melted butter together, knead everything as stiff dough... if needed, can add water to knead..

After 2 hours the dough would have doubled their volume, knead again in a floured board until they turns soft..Preheat the over to 425F... make 8-10 large lemon sized balls n roll it out with the help of rolling pin... Place the rolled naans over a baking sheet and bake for 10-15minutes or until the top turn slightly brown...

Brush the cooked naans with butter once its comes out of the oven..

Serve with any choice of vegetables or curries..enjoy !!