Authentic Butter Garlic Naan Recipe India, Asia

A traditional Indian flatbread and one of the best-known types of naan, butter garlic naan is prepared much the same as regular naan. Flour, water, yeast, salt, sugar, and yogurt or curd are needed to make the dough. The yogurt or curd is added because it relaxes gluten, making for a soft and supple flatbread. The dough is shaped into a teardrop or an oval and baked traditionally in the tandoor oven. When prepared at home, it is oven-baked or fried in a tawa (a wide pan). When baked, it is brushed with a mixture of melted ghee and chopped garlic, which will occasionally also include chopped cilantro.