Learn to make garlic naan bread that contains whole wheat flour and no butter. Even though it is super soft and delicious to eat. It is a must-try recipe.
Recipe Background / Inspiration
Making whole wheat garlic naan bread is not difficult. If you’ve ever made pita bread or pizza dough at home, you will find this recipe quite familiar. I had never made any kind of naan at home until last year. I only enjoyed them in restaurants in India.
I belong to the western part of India, where naan bread is not eaten commonly. Naan is the staple bread diet of the northern part of the country. I never saw my mother cooking it either. So, I had no clue about how to prepare them at home, and I also believed in the fact that certain dishes are best eaten in restaurants. It was when I started to explore and learn to cook different types of dishes at home, that garlic naans were the one on my priority list.
I got some basic ideas for making naan bread from Tushar’s aunty, who is a great cook. But, I made some changes to the ingredients to give it a healthy twist.
Generally, naan is made from all-purpose flour with lots of butter. All-purpose flour and butter make it soft and delicious. In this commonly used recipe, I partially (about 70%) replaced all-purpose flour with 100% whole wheat flour. I didn’t use butter at all. Even with these replacements, garlic naan bread turned out super soft and delicious.
However, I am still not satisfied with my partial replacement of whole wheat flour. I will try to make them using whole wheat flour without using any refined flour. If I am successful, I will share the recipe with you all. Till then, try this recipe and enjoy a low fat, partial whole wheat version of garlic naan bread.
How is this whole wheat naan bread recipe healthy?
This naan bread is healthy because it contains:
- 100 % whole wheat flour
- olive oil instead of butter, so it is low in saturated fat
- non-fat plain greek yogurt instead of whole-milk yogurt
More Whole Wheat Bread Recipes To Try
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Garlic naan bread recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups 100% whole wheat flour
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon rapid rise yeast
- ¼ cup plain nonfat greek yogurt (at room temperature, optional if vegan)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
- 1 ½ tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ¼ cup warm water
- 2 tablespoon chopped coriander
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, sugar, salt and yeast
- Add yogurt and ½ tablespoon minced garlic. Add warm water and mix until well combined using a wooden spatula
- Knead the dough in the bowl itself for about 5-6 min. until it becomes soft. Use the remaining ¼ cup water during kneading to wet the hand and avoid sticking the dough to the hand. Cover the bowl and place it in a warm area and let the dough rise for about 1 hr
- To make the toppings, mix 1 tablespoon minced garlic, 1 tablespoon olive oil and chopped coriander in a small bowl; mix well
- Once the dough has risen to double its size, transfer it to a flat surface. Add some dry flour to avoid sticking the dough on to the surface. Spread the dough using hands and give it a rectangular shape (almost). Cut the dough into roughly 8 equal parts (see image above) and then give each of them a round shape. Roll the naan to roughly ¼ in. in thickness
- Heat a cast iron pan on medium-high heat. Put the rolled naan onto the preheated pan. Cook naan on one side for about 2 min on medium heat and then flip it over. Let it cook on this side for another 2 min. Meanwhile spread some water using a brush on the cooked surface to provide some moisture. Then, spread some toppings using a spoon. Once the other side is cooked, flip it over and just cook for 10 sec to remove the raw garlic flavor from the toppings.
Jessica @FitnessEquipmentsLab says
Hello Swati, Sorry i need a quick reply because I’m planning to make these for a dinner party on Sunday. Can i make the dough a night before and roll them out and cook them on the day ?
Hello Jessica, I am sorry to reply a little late. I was traveling. Yes, you can make the dough ahead and refrigerate it. And before making the naans bring the dough to room temperature.
habitat says
Great recipe! I just finished it this morning, it's easy to make them, thank you for your great recipe. I added it to my daily menu.
eatfrysmith says
Love the creativity in your food. I definitely have to try it now. Thank you for a special recipe
Anonymous says
This naan bread recipe looks super good with a perfect amount of garlic, too. I love garlic and sometimes tend to end up cooking with to much of it and then ending up with maybe overly garlicky flavours. The ratio replacement with wheat flour to white all purpose flour is perfect. I think the wheat flour would go well and can also even add to making the bread a bit tastier too. I don't cook with a lot of white all purpose flour and try to avoid eating foods made with it, where I can ...minus at restaurants where I usually end up stop trying at 🙂
Great recipe!
Shawn says
I love house easy this recipe is!
Megan @ MegUnprocessed says
Homemade is always better!
Cori says
I love naan and garlic naan especially! I'll be saving this recipe. Thanks!
Mayuri Patel says
Love the healthier version of naan. Looks so yummy.
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Thank you Diana for featuring this recipe and thank you for hosting the great link-up.
Theresa@DearCreatives says
I'd love to try this sometime. Pinned& shared. Thanks for joining the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned and shared.
Thank you Theresa for stopping by!
Miz Helen says
This is a awesome recipe for garlic naan bread! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a fantastic day!
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Miz Helen
Thank you Miz for stopping by!
Nikki says
I love naan bread but I didn't think I could actually make it at home myself. But your recipe looks easy to follow and now I won't be able to resist trying to make it for my family. I'm going to try this with a gluten free baking mix, I really hope that it works. Naan bread is one of the things I especially miss since having to omit gluten. I can't wait to try it.
Thank you Nikki. Let us know how it turns out for you when you will try it.
Thank you Jess!
easypeasylifematters says
We love, love, LOVE naan bread at our house so is totally up our street! And I love that it calls for whole wheat too! 🙂
Yes! this recipe is the healthy version of what we get in the Indian restaurants.
Beverly says
We love Naan. I never thought of making it. Pinning this.
Bev
Hello Bev! Give it a try. I am sure you will love it.
Jessy @ The Life Jolie says
I've always wanted to make Naan! This looks delicious! Pinned!
Thank you for stopping by Jessy! I hope this recipe will help you making homemade naans :).
Sadhna Grover says
Tempting garlic naan bread.
Nice to meet you Swati through Way Wow link party.
Thank you for Sadhana for stopping by.
Linda at Mixed Kreations says
I try some Naan Bread at work once that a co-worker brought and it was so good. I would love to try and make my own, especially a healthy version. Thanks for sharing your recipe! Pinning, hope to try soon.
These are our favorite. Thank you for pinning. I hope you will like it 🙂
Ilka says
Love Naan Bread. This looks delicious!
And they taste delicious too 🙂
Wanda says
I have always wanted to make naan (and garlic naan is my favorite). This looks so good...I will be trying it for sure!
They are our favourite too. I hope this recipe will help you to make it