From scratch · Flatbreads and tortillas

Naan

A soft yogurt dough cooked in a very hot skillet and brushed with butter.

✋ 35 min hands-on ⏱ 2 hr 5 min start to finish 🍽 8 naan, about 8 inches long.

ContainsWheat, Milk.

Ingredients

  • 375 g all-purpose flour
  • 4 g active dry yeast
  • 6 g table salt
  • 1 tsp granulated sugar
  • ½ cup plain yogurt (whole milk)
  • ½ cup water, warm
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil (soybean)
  • 28 g butter, salted, melted, for brushing
  • 2 clove garlic, minced, for garlic naan (optional)

Time

Hands-on time is when you’re busy; the rest is rising, simmering, chilling or cooling, when you can do something else.

StepHands-onWaiting
Mix and knead the dough10 min1 hr 30 min
Roll and cook25 min–
In all35 min1 hr 30 min

How long it keeps

  • Counter: wrapped, about 3 days (NDSU’s figure for bread).
  • Freezer: with parchment between them, up to 3 months; warm in a skillet.

Nutrition

Estimated from the ingredients’ USDA FoodData Central numbers.

Steps

You’ll need: bowl, rolling pin, cast-iron skillet with a lid.

  1. Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm water and let it stand 5 minutes. Add the yogurt, oil, salt and flour and knead 5 minutes into a soft dough.
  2. Cover and let it rise until doubled, about 1½ hours.
  3. Divide into 8 balls. Roll each into an oval about ¼ inch thick.
  4. Heat the skillet over medium-high until very hot. Cook one naan at a time: when big bubbles form, about 1 minute, flip it, cover the pan, and cook 1 minute more, until charred in spots.
  5. Brush with butter (stir the garlic into the butter for garlic naan) and keep them wrapped in a towel.
⚖️ ScalingEach naan is an eighth of the dough.
🛡 SafetyDon’t taste raw dough or batter, and wash your hands and the counter after handling flour: raw flour can carry germs that only baking kills (FDA).

🌱 Grow it

You can grow some of what goes into this: garlic.

🌱 Plan a garden with it →

Sources

  1. Food Storage Guide (FN579), NDSU Extension, reviewed January 2023. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  2. Tips for Storing Bread, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Herkimer County, 2020. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  3. How to Freeze Home-Prepared Foods (GH1505), University of Missouri Extension. Accessed 2026-10-25.
  4. Handling Flour Safely: What You Need to Know, U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed 2026-10-25.

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