How many of us like Aloo Matar Naan? Naan is a specific kind of thick Flat Bread conventionally cooked in Tandoori. Naan is different from roti, which is usually cooked on a flat tara or on iron griddle. Nowadays we are using baking powder for the yeast. Milk and yogurt are also be used to impart distinct tastes to the naan. Milk used instead of water will, as it does for ordinary bread, yield a softer dough. A typical naan recipe involves mixing white or whole wheat flour with active dry yeast, salt, and water. The dough is kneaded for a few minutes, then set aside to rise for a few hours. Once risen, the dough is divided into balls, which are flattened and cooked.Typically, it is served hot and brushed with ghee/butter.
Tandoor Cooking:
Tandoor is a cylindrical clay or metal oven used in cooking and baking in northern parts of India. The heat for a tandoor was traditionally generated by a charcoal or wood fire, burning within the tandoor itself, thus exposing the food to live fire. Temperatures in a tandoor can approach 480 °C (900 °F), and it is common for tandoor ovens to remain lit for long periods to maintain the high cooking temperature. A tandoor is used to bake many different types of flatbread. Some of the most common are tandoori roti, tandoori naan, tandoori laccha paratha, missi roti, and tandoori kulcha.
Stuffed Naan
At home, we can use our conventional iron griddle or tava and cook the naan. We can make filling with veggies or paneer and we can stuff the naan. In this Aloo Matar Naan recipe, we are making Aloo Matar Masala and use it as filling inside the naan. This is much similar to the way we prepare Aloo Paratha. Similarly we can make Paneer bhurji masala and stuff it inside naan. Also, we can make Cheesy Spinach stuffed naan. That would become most favorite for kids. Most of us love simple butter naan and garlic naan. Here in Indian restaurants, whenever we order any gravies, its always served with either naan/roti and my kids usually prefer butter or garlic naan.
Try this scrumptious Aloo Matar Naan tastes so good with simple pickle and curd along with generous topping of ghee/butter.
Recipe Card:
Aloo Matar Naan | Stuffed Naan with Aloo Matar Masala
Ingredients
Ingredients for Dough
- 1 Cup Maida (All Purpose Flour) 1 Cup - 250ml
- 1 Cup Wheat Flour
- Salt As Needed
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ½ Cup Warm Milk
- ½ Cup Curd (Plain Yogurt)
- 1 tablespoon Oil
Ingredients for Filling
- 350 gms Potato Boiled, peeled
- ½ Cup green peas Boiled
- 1 Onion Finely Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Salt As Needed
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chili Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Amchoor Powder (Dry Mango Powder)
- Coriander Leaves For Garnishing
For Tempering
- 2 tablespoon Ghee (Clarified butter)
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 2 Green Chili Finely Chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Finely Chopped
Other Ingredients
- Ghee For Brushing Naan
Instructions
Preparing the Dough
- In a mixing bowl, take maida and wheat flour along with salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix everything well. We can sieve everything to make sure all ingredients are combined
- Make a hole in the middle, add warm milk and curd and start mixing the flours. Knead the flours to make a soft and sticky dough
- Add oil and knead well. Cover the dough with damp cloth and set aside for 2 hours
Preparing the filling : Aloo Matar Masala
- Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it sputter. Add Green Chilies, Ginger and saute for a minute.
- Then add chopped onions and saute the onions till translucent. Then add turmeric, Coriander powder, red chili powder, Salt and Amchoor powder and give a good mix. Let the masalas get cooked for a minute
- Then add Green peas, potato and give everything a good mix. Finally garnish with coriander leaves. Yummy Aloo Matar Masala is all ready!
Preparing Naan
- After 2 hours, take the dough and knead well. Make big lemon sized balls out of the dough.
- Dust the dough with flour and roll it with a rolling pin to make thin roti.
- Make lemon sized balls out of the masala and place one on the rolled roti. Bring the edges together and seal the filling.
- Roll the filled dough ball again gently or spread it. On one side apply water and keep it ready
- Heat a tawa and whne the tawa is hot, place the wet side of the rolled naan on the tawa facing down. Let the wet side gets cooked and when we notice bubbles, flip it and cook the naan on other side. Spread ghee on the top side of the naan and remove from tawa.
- Repeat the same process of the rest of dough and filling.
- Serve the hot yummy Aloo Matar Paratha with a generous amount of butter along with raitha and pickle and enjoy the scrumptious meal!
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Notes
- We can use white wheat flour fully without using maida
- Instead of tawa, we can bake the naan in oven. Pre-heat the naan at 200° C. Place the naan in baking tray and cook for 10-12 mins, flipping it halfway and apply butter
- We can add tomatoes to the masala. But tomatoes make the filling little watery. Thats why we are adding amchoor powder to give the little tanginess.
Nutritional Info
Recipe with Step by Step Pictures
PREPARING THE DOUGH
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In a mixing bowl, take maida and wheat flour along with salt, baking soda, baking powder and mix everything well. We can sieve everything to make sure all ingredients are combined. Make a hole in the middle, add warm milk and curd and start mixing the flours. Knead the flours to make a soft and sticky dough
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Add oil and knead well. Cover the dough with damp cloth and set aside for 2 hour. Cover the dough with damp cloth and set aside for 2 hours
PREPARING THE FILLING : ALOO MATAR MASALA
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Heat oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds and let it sputter. Add Green Chilies, Ginger and saute for a minute.
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Then add chopped onions and saute the onions till translucent.
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Then add turmeric, Coriander powder, red chili powder, Salt and Amchoor powder and give a good mix. Let the masalas get cooked for a minute
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Then add Green peas, potato and give everything a good mix. Finally garnish with coriander leaves. Yummy Aloo Matar Masala is all ready!
PREPARING NAAN
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After 2 hours, take the dough and knead well. Make big lemon sized balls out of the dough.
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Dust the dough with flour and roll it with a rolling pin to make thin roti.Make lemon sized balls out of the masala and place one on the rolled roti. Bring the edges together and seal the filling.
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Roll the filled dough ball again gently or spread it. On one side apply water and keep it ready
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Heat a tawa and when the tawa is hot, place the wet side of the rolled naan on the tawa facing down. Allow the wet side to get cooked and when we notice bubbles, flip it and cook the naan on other side. Spread ghee on the top side of the naan and remove from tawa.
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Repeat the same process of the rest of dough and filling.
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Serve the hot yummy Aloo Matar Paratha with a generous amount of butter along with raitha and pickle and enjoy the scrumptious meal!
