Elevate your dining experience with these soft, flavourful naans that add the perfect touch to any meal and master the art of creating authentic naan bread from scratch, no yeast required.

Explore the soft fluffy textures that make my homemade naan a standout choice. Elevate your culinary skills and savour the satisfaction of serving up irresistibly delicious naan bread every time. Don’t waste another minute, get cooking and experience the magic of my yeast-free Indian naan bread today!

The dough for this recipe can be made in advance and stored, covered in a refrigerator for up to 3 days before cooking. It makes 10 large naans but you can increase/decrease proportionally to make as many or few as you like

As this dough needs to rest a while once mixed I suggest making this in the morning, ready for cooking in the evening?

Original recipe by Chris Johnson (also known as ‘H4ppyChris’)

Or perhaps you’ve found an packet that expired a few months ago and you’re wondering if there’s a way to test if it’s still any good, so…

Does Baking Powder Go Bad?

Baking powder stays safe to use pretty much indefinitely, but it doesn’t retain freshness forever. It gradually loses potency, and at some point after the best before date, you’ll notice that it wont help your naans rise as well as they used to, or at all.

Fortunately, if your baking powder is already “expired” or stored for more than a few months after opening, you don’t need to hope for the best, instead, here’s a simple way to tell if your baking powder still works as a leavening agent.

How To Tell If Baking Powder Is Good:

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How to Tell if Baking Powder Is Still Good?

To test if your baking powder is still good, grab a cup and add one teaspoon of baking powder into it, then pour around 1/3 cup of boiling water into the cup.

If the mixture bubbles heavily, your baking powder is good to go, however, if there are only a few bubbles your baking powder is losing its power and it won’t be good enough to perfectly puff up your naans.

Here’s what you’re looking for:

No, or very few bubbles mean it has lost its potency, and you should discard it:

How Long Does Baking Powder Last?

opened –  3–6 months
unopened – best by date plus around 6 months

Unopened baking powder lasts for a few months past the expiry date before it loses power. After opening the package  it should retain its freshness for about 6 months.

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You don’t need a tandoor oven, bread machine, or any other special equipment to make these naan. A cast iron skillet or frying pan will allow the naan to puff up nicely. As for mixing the dough, a stand mixer will make the kneading easier, but you can just as easily use your hands.

For a vegan version use dairy-free Greek yogurt and gluten-free self-rising flour.

Fancy making your own tandoor? Then you need to see this Home made tandoor | How to build a tandoor oven at home for under £50 | DIY Tandoor Oven

Make the naan dough using my recipe available at https://thecurrykid.co.uk/recipe/naan-bread/

The naan in the left of this picture uses my peshwari naan dry mix whilst the naan on the bottom right uses my peshwari naan paste