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a pillow of dough scorched against fire until it remembers it was once heaven
means A soft, leavened flatbread, traditionally baked by slapping the dough against the hot inner wall of a tandoor oven.
from From Persian "nān," simply meaning bread — a plain, ancient word that carried the food across the Persian-speaking world and into the kitchens of South and Central Asia, where it settled into Urdu and Hindi. The Persian root is old enough that its deeper origins fade into uncertainty; what's clear is that for millennia "nān" has just meant the staff of life, the everyday loaf, no garnish required.
- name origin
- Persian word simply meaning bread
- tandoor stuck
- slapped onto 900-degree clay oven walls
- royal history
- once a delicacy reserved for Mughal nobility
- leavened
- yeast or yogurt gives its signature puff
- shape secret
- teardrop form comes from gravity pulling the dough
tandoor naan — indian flatbread cooked in a clay oven at 900°f, staple of north indian cuisine
peshwari naan — stuffed with coconut and raisins, originated in peshawar, pakistan
garlic naan — topped with minced garlic and cilantro, ubiquitous in indian restaurants worldwide