Thursday, October 20, 2011

Making naan



 The dough is worked and allow to rise in a warm area. When ready, a small lump is broken off and stretched like a small pizza to the desired size, then placed on a hat like mold and sprinkled with sesame seeds.






 Then this next guy stamps a decorative design on each round. These metal stamps are specially made and not sold in the market. Each vendor has their own design which is really basic. The bread is hen stuck to the side of a barrel shaped oven and cooked. When ready they are taken out with a long metal skewer and here you have some very fragrant and tasty flat bread called naan.

It's a staple at meal times though we bought some to munch as nibbles. They will sprinkle salt on it before serving though I like them unsalted. I find they are too heavy on the salt in these parts. We, on the other hand, prefers to be lighter on our salt.

1 comment:

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Thanks for the pics and the lesson.