Finger food recipes to impress your friends -
Mini Garlic Naans

Finger food recipes, including these cute mini naans, will make your party forever memorable. I recently hosted a crowd and served them as my party finger foods. People ate and marveled at them like candy!

Indian bread naan recipes are different from other Indian breads in that you put yeast in them and bake them in an oven (either electric or clay-based tandoor oven). This gives them an entirely different texture than other breads.

This finger food recipe serves naan as delicious small bites item...

The addition of the garlic on top makes this Indian bread recipe very savory. You can also put cilantro or parsley if you like, after you take it out of the oven.

Some people like unsalted naans whereas I prefer some salt. Experiment with this to suit the recipe to your liking.

INGREDIENTS:

2 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
2 teaspoon sugar
3/4 cup war water
3 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 oz melted ghee (clarified butter) or oil
2 tablespoon yogurt
Pinch of baking soda

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Combine dry yeast and æ cup water in a small bowl, cover and leave in a warm place for about 10 minutes or until the mixture becomes frothy.

2. Add salt and baking soda to the flour and mix well. Also, mix in the yogurt and oil.

3. Add the water / yeast mixture into the flour and mix it all into a soft dough. Gather into a ball and knead it on a lightly flour surface for about 15 minutes or until the dough becomes smooth and elastic.

4. Place in a large oiled bowl, cover loosely with a damp cloth and leave in a warm place for about 3 hours or until it has doubled in size.

5. Punch down the dough and knead it again for a few minutes on a lightly floured surface.

6. Heat the oven to 500 degrees with baking or pizza stone for at least thirty minutes so stone is hot. After that turn the oven to moderate 180 C (350 F). Using a baking/pizza stone will help to give Naan close to same kind of heat as clay tandoor.

7. Divide into 4 pieces and divide each portion into 8. Roll each piece of dough out to a 7 cm (2 æ inch) circle and place them on a baking / pizza stone.

8. Brush with oil and sprinkle with fresh garlic and finely chopped fresh parsley.

9. Bake in a moderate oven for 5-8 minutes, or until lightly golden. Serve.

Makes 32

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