Forum: cooking.stackexchange.com
Tags: <baking><bread><indian-cuisine>
Title: Baking naan without an oven?
Question: Is it possible to make eggless naan without an oven?

Answers:
sents: text: I've had good luck baking naan on an indoor grill.
text: I have an electric one, but you could use a stovetop one as well.
text: Just apply a little butter, ghee, or spray oil, wipe it off, and bake.
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text: I used an alternative method to make lavash:
text: an inverted wok over a stove burner.
text: You'll need a gas stove to do this one.
text: I applied them dry, cooked about 1-2 minutes on one side only.
text: You can brush with butter or ghee after they're done.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/8522/JoeFish
score: 10
sents: text: A naan by definition is a leavened flatbread baked in a tandoor.
text: You can improvise by using a very hot oven, perhaps with a pizza stone to retain heat when the oven door is opened, and to transmit heat into the naan through direct contact.
text: However, you have asked how to prepare naan without any kind of oven.
text: You can cook bread that's similar to a naan on a dry frying pan.
text: Prepare the dough in the same way as you would prepare naan dough.
text: Heat a frying pan until it is very hot.
text: Roll out pieces that will fit in the pan and are about 5mm thick.
text: Place in the frying pan and heat until cooked on one side.
text: You will see it swell up.
text: Turn it over to cook the other side.
text: This is not naan - it is closer to kulcha - but it is a delicious flatbread accompaniment to curry, just like naan.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/4214/slim
score: 5
sents: text: I have had the best results baking naan on an outdoor grill- preferably charcoal.
text: Get the grill as hot as you can.
text: If your grill is big enough then indirect heat would be good.
text: If the bread is over the flames then there will be a little charring but that tastes good as long as it isn't excessive.
text: The naan will cook for around a minute on each side.
text: Use plenty of butter.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/2001/Sobachatina
score: 4
sents: text: The key to naan is temperature of baking.
text: I have found that somewhere around 315 °C – 425 °C [600 °F – 800 °F] is the optimum temperature for making naan.
text: Most home ovens are not able to attain that high a temperature, which is why it is difficult to replicate the results of a restaurant at home.
text: Without an oven it is even more difficult to attain that high a temperature, although there are recipes that use the inside wall of a pressure cooker as a tandoor for making naan on the stove top.
text: You can try using that technique but increase the percent hydration of the dough.
text: I make naan dough with about 80 percent yogurt by weight.
text: You can try increasing the proportion of yogurt and see if the stove top technique works.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/4817/Avinash Bhat
score: 2
sents: text: I think the closest you can get to Naan without an oven is to bake it in a pan/skillet on high heat (as mentioned as well earlier).
text: I personally don't have experience with naan-baking, however I once made tortillas (which is of course not the same as Naan) in a non-stick skillet which worked nicely.
text: Even though tortillas and Naan are two different things, I recommend you try it using a skillet.
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/15603/Sono
score: 1
sents: text: Yes.
text: I have seen a video on YouTube about it
text: http://youtu.be/wduhE_MB7Nc
answer_details: author: cooking.stackexchange.com/users/18152/Jyotsna Sonawane
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
You can bake naan on an indoor or outdoor grill, but a dry frying pan should give the best results.
You could try using a grill or skillet instead of an oven.