A few weeks ago, I made an Indian feast, complete with garlic naan. I made enough dough for eight naan, but only cooked two of them. I divvied up the leftover dough into six equal portions and frozen them so that I can have naan, no muss no fuss, whenever I want it! Well, not exactly whenever, because it does have to defrost ... but still with significantly less effort than normal. This morning I thought I might want a naan tonight, so I stuck a portion in the fridge to defrost while I was at work. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to eat, but naan pretty much always sounds good.
Fast forward to this afternoon, I was finally cleaning out my fridge (a chore I think I should do this weekend every Friday ... and every Monday I think oh, maybe next weekend) and wondering what I should have for dinner when I realized I had an awful lot of pizza toppings -- mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes, olives, red onion relish, daiya, tomato sauce ... it was so obvious! Luckily, naan has basically the same ingredients as pizza dough -- flour, water, yeast, salt -- so there was no need to worry about the crust, and no reason to not enjoy some naan. If you haven't figured it out yet, I made naan pizza! This naan made for a delicious, thin and crispy crust. And the mixed in garlic just made it all the better.
I have five naans left in my freezer. I'm sure a few more of them will become personal pizzas ... but what else could I do with naan dough? Ideas?
That looks absolutely amazing!
ReplyDeleteYou know what you could do is make some stuffed pockets- kinda like a calzone or a empanada with an Indian dish inside...something eggplanty.:)
Looks delicious! I think the ideas mentioned above sound really good. I saw something about naan tacos one time. That could be interesting.
ReplyDeleteNaan is the best! That soft, chewy texture makes it easily one of my favorite breads. For the extra dough, I was also thinking calzone or something stuffed... Lots of potential there, however you approach it.
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