Recipe: Yummy Sourdough Uyghur naan

Sourdough Uyghur naan. Great recipe for Sourdough Uyghur naan. I learnt this recipe from a documentary video talks about Uyghur naan. Although there are hundreds of naan styles, the most common ingredients for the dough could be as simple as white flour, water, salt and yeast.

Knead for a few minutes, until its smooth and no longer sticky. This naan bread has a pretty simple formula, it uses just flour, yogurt, salt and sourdough starter. The texture and fluidity of yogurt differs wildly and some water might be put in while mixing the dough. You can cook Sourdough Uyghur naan using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sourdough Uyghur naan

1. Prepare 2 cups of organic white flour.
2. Prepare 1 cup of whole wheat flour.
3. You need 2 cups of sourdough starter.
4. It's 3/4 cup of yogurt.
5. You need 1 tsp of salt.
6. Prepare 1 Tsp of sugar.
7. It's 1/2 tsp of cumin seeds.
8. You need 2 g of dry yeast.
9. It's 1 of egg yolk.
10. You need 1 Tsp of minced onion.
11. You need 1 tsp of sesame seeds.
12. Prepare of Some olive oil for brushing the bread.

Like you probably know from most yeasted breads. Being a big fan of wild yeast I had to make a sourdough version of naan. What is so special about sourdough naan, you ask? The answer lies in the depth of flavor, and of course there is the added nutritional value.

Sourdough Uyghur naan step by step

1. Mix all wet ingredients together and add flours and seasoning in a large mixing bowl. Knead the dough until smooth..
2. Set the dough in a warm place with a damp towel cover on the bowl to avoid drying out..
3. After the dough double in size (about 3 hours), deflate the dough and separate it into 4~6 pieces.Shape each small piece into a flat round bread with a thick outer rim and thin center. Be as creative as you wish..
4. Brushing water on top of the bread and evenly coat them with a thin layer of Onion or sesame seeds. Then brushing the bread with egg wash. Using a fork, poke lots of holes in the middle. Bake at 400 F in the oven for 20 minutes. Before cooling off, brush some olive oil on top..

Naan by any method is a fantastic flat bread. The sourdough version takes it a step further. I figured many years ago before packaged yeast Naan had to be made as a type of sourdough hopefully this is close to what they did. To made the dough just mix all the ingredients together and let it raise up to double in its size. The yoghurt and egg need to be beaten before they are added to the other ingredients.

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