Gluten-Free Food,Kiwi Style

NAAN BREAD

Makes 6

Quick and great with curries, and dips

150 ml warm milk

1 tsp sugar

2 tsp active dry yeast

335g GF baking flour

1 tsp GF baking powder

2 tsp guar gum

½ tsp salt

2 tsp sugar

2 teaspoons vegetable oil

150 ml plain yogurt

1 egg, lightly beaten

Baking spray/oil

                  Preheat oven and 2 oven trays to 250oC.  Into a small bowl measure the milk, 1 teaspoon sugar and  yeast, then sit it in a warm place for 5 minutes to ferment.  Into a medium sized bowl sift the flours, baking powder, guar gum, and salt.  Add the other teaspoon of sugar, oil, yogurt, egg, and fermented yeast. Mix until smooth with a wooden spoon.

Place onto a floured surface and roll dough into large ball. Divide dough into 6. Roll each into a ball and then roll out into a tear shape about ¼ inch thick. 

Remove oven tray from oven, spray with baking spray and place all 6 naan onto tray.  Spray tops of naan then fanbake 3-6 minutes or until naan puffed up and lightly browned.

Panini: add another tsp of baking powder and roll thicker into 4 large ovals to create panini