Topic: naan bread my 101 video

[colin grigson]

Thanks once again Chris for a great vid .. I followed your chapati one to that letter and it was foolproof ... I'm awful at making naans so I'll be trying this as soon as I can ... the naans look great by the way !!   

[h4ppy-chris]

Thanks once again Chris for a great vid .. I followed your chapati one to that letter and it was foolproof ... I'm awful at making naans so I'll be trying this as soon as I can ... the naans look great by the way !!   

thanks Colin be sure to report back if you make the naans.

[chef888]

chris you are a genius mate a great vid and a brill way of doing the recipe can not thank you enough mate for taking the trouble of doing this for us all to share thank you mate ( Ivan ) 

[h4ppy-chris]

chris you are a genius mate a great vid and a brill way of doing the recipe can not thank you enough mate for taking the trouble of doing this for us all to share thank you mate ( Ivan ) 

thank you Ivan it's compliments like that make it all worth while 

[chef888]

well i can honestly say to any 1 who as trouble making bir nan or chapatis just follow chris vid and formula tis full prof the mrs and my self had a crack at making both types of bread last night for the 1st time ever it worked spot on so thanks again chris for doing the vid and working out the formula for us all mate well done chris ( sorry about no pics of the said fab breads but no camera :-) ty ( ivan ) ;D

[h4ppy-chris]

glad you tried them and it at worked out good for you Ivan.

[natterjak]

I'm trying these today Chris - have added a half teaspoon of black onion seeds because I love their flavour in naan breads, but apart from that have stuck to your proportions. Will let you know how it turns out, currently the dough balls are resting

[curryhell]

Look forward to the results Natterjak.  Just deciding on tonight's tea  : Curry maybe, but what?

[h4ppy-chris]

I'm trying these today Chris - have added a half teaspoon of black onion seeds because I love their flavour in naan breads, but apart from that have stuck to your proportions. Will let you know how it turns out, currently the dough balls are resting

nice one mate lets hope they turn out good for you 

[natterjak]

Have just enjoyed my naan, with chicken tikka Roshney, Bombay aloo and peas pilau:



Verdict on the naan? Well I loved the soft and pliable texture and the cooking method produced a more or less perfect amount of bubbling on the surface. In fact I used my halogen oven instead of grill to cook the top side.

Flavour.. Hmm, not so good I'm afraid. The flavour of yeast really doesn't sit well with me in a naan bread. I think I would tweak the sugar and salt levels down a but too, but the main issue for me (and this is obviously subjective) is the yeast. It's a big of a conundrum this, I've tried about 4 naan recipes now and the ones which use self raising flour and baking powder seem to turn out hard and don't rise right, and recipes with yeast taste yeasty... Anyone have the answer to this little poser?

Ps thanks for the great video Chris, not trying to criticise your recipe it's just not the 100% answer for me