Рецепт Sanjanas' Soup and Naan Bread Made Easy!
I am a happy camper this evening. Happy because finally after months of cold weather and rain we were able to put our dining tent up on the deck. We love the dining tent and so do our friends. Our house has 1800 square feet of deck. That's a lot of deck and it's a shame not to use it. So use it we do. Our property is also fairly wild with a winter creek and there are lots of bees during the day and mosquitos in the evening who are only too curious about what we're eating. That's why we got the tent.
So we had our first summer lunch outside today and what better way to start the season off than with Sanjanas' wonderful Gujarati-Style Mango Buttermilk Kadhi.
Sanjana if you don't know her, writes a wonderful food blog called KO Rasoi, and I always find tempting delights and a lot of inspiration there. The minute I saw her wonderful soup recipe, I knew I had to make it.
I've highlighted and linked to her website for the recipe which is simple, quick and easy to make. Sanjana serves the soup hot, I had it hot and it was amazing. I served it chilled and it was fabulous.
To go along with the soup, I served several other dishes. I also baked naan bread. I don't bake naan too often, mainly because I have very poor self control when it comes to naan bread. However, we had company this afternoon and of course sacrifices had to be made in the name of hospitality.
Naan is pretty easy to make. That's part of the problem. It's too easy. Also, it's too delicious. The naan bread recipe that I've used for 20 years comes from Madhur Jaffrey. There are other recipes out there but for me, hers is the gold standard. It just works.
The other thing about making naan bread at home that helps, is having a pizza stone . Heat that stone up, slap the naan down on it in 3 minutes...you're eating naan bread baby!
Here's how it goes.
Start off with flour!
Unbleached all purpose flour.
- In a bowl heat 2/3 of a cup of milk add in:
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 2 tsp of dry yeast
- Stir it all together then set it aside in a warm place for about 15 minutes or until it begins to bubble and get a bit frothy.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together:
- 3 and 3/4 cups of flour
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1 tsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 2 tbs of vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup of plain yogurt, whipped a bit
1 slightly beaten egg.
When the milk, yeast, sugar mixture is foamy, blend it into the rest.
Put your dough onto a work surface and knead it for about 10 minutes.
Put a bit of vegetable oil in the bowl and roll your dough into a ball. Put some plastic wrap over the top of the bowl and stash it in a warm place for at least an hour. The dough will double in size.
Meanwhile place your oven rack on the top place in the oven and pre-heat it to 500 degrees. If you're using a pizza stone, place it in the oven before you turn it on so it gets nice and hot. If you're using a regular baking sheet, use a heavy one.
When your dough is HUGE....Punch it down. Break it off into about 6 separate balls.
Scatter some flour on a surface.
Roll each ball into a tear drop shape.
Place your naan breads on the hot pizza stone and carefully slide them into the oven and bake them for about three minutes or so.
They'll puff up and brown.
Alan was delighted to be eating out on the deck again.
This recipe for naan makes 6 breads. Of course things can be added to your naan, onion, garlic,black onion seed. You're the naan boss. If you can't finish all your naan (fat chance!) the dough also freezes wonderfully for another day.
The rest of the Meatless Monday recipes are coming, but as a teaser can anyone guess what this is??????
I have to add again that my 1 year Blogiversary is coming up and I'm having a Giveaway!
About my Giveaway
As I mentioned before, our 1st Blogiversary is approaching and the people at Early Morning Pottery have given me 2 of their wonderful ceramic Chicken Cookers, and 1 set of Game Hen Cookers to give away in celebration. The rules are simple:
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or
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That's it.
Winners will be chose at random on June 14th .
Good luck!