Topic: H4ppy-chris new naan recipe

[Garp]

That looks brill, Gav - the best yet IMO.

Tempted to try one now you have experimented. Just wish Michael and Dave were here to see it

[Gav Iscon]

Thanks for the compliments Garp. Tonight I'm heading north over the mountains and I'm having a go at Ching-He Huang's Hot Pink Pepper Chicken sans naan avec Yang Chow fried rice.

[Peripatetic Phil]

How do you interpret her "Halved on the bone", Gav ?  Just chopped through across the diameter with a heavy cleaver, or something more subtle involving lengthwise chopping/cutting ?

** Phil.

[Gav Iscon]

How do you interpret her "Halved on the bone", Gav ?  Just chopped through across the diameter with a heavy cleaver, or something more subtle involving lengthwise chopping/cutting ?

** Phil.

Across the diameter. Theres a video if you google it.

[Petrolhead360]

I have made a couple of batches of Chris's recipe and think it is the business.

The only thing is that I don't have a tawa and used a large frying pan without the turning over bit for direct flame cooking.
Once the naan bubbled up and was brown underneath I turn the naan over.

Results are acceptable but feel I should buy a tawa.

Any advice or recommendation on buying one?
What type and from where? What should I expect to pay?

Thanks

[Gav Iscon]

Personally I would buy a plain steel one although people have been having success with the non-stick kind but you have to give the nan a good push down otherwise I found the edges drooped when turning it over. Also on the non stick we still had to release it with a spatula although it was a bit easier than the steel. I got mine (a steel one) at an Indian suppliers and it looks similar to the one Chris is using in his video. If I remember correctly it was about

[Garp]

My missus got me one for Christmas; from India Bazaar, I believe. Cast iron. Just had a look on their website though and they don't seem to have any.

Echoing what Gav said, go for a non non-stick one if its for naan - they're not expensive

[Peripatetic Phil]

Echoing what Gav said, go for a non non-stick one if its for naan - they're not expensive

They don't seem to have any in my local Indian Bazaar : non-stick, yes; non non non-stick, yes, but no non non-stick and no non non non non-sticks (at least, I think that's what he said -- I may have misunderstood)

** Phil.

[Garp]

OK Phil, you lost me with the 'nons'. Couldn't decide if, at the end, it was sticky or not.

[Garp]

Phil - fired your last post into my mathematical algorithmic beta program.

It says (and I quote)....

'An odd number of 'nons' will result in a non-stick surface; an even number of 'nons' will result in a sticky surface. With increasing 'nons', ending with an even number, the surface could be stickier than a teenager's porn mag'

I may need to work on that algorithm.