Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flat, leavened bread of northwest India, made of wheat flour and baked in a tandoor.
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- noun A type of round, flat
bread baked in atandoor popular in South and Central Asian cuisine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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That garlic in this naan is in the dough, so there is a nice light flavor of it throughout the bread.
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That garlic in this naan is in the dough, so there is a nice light flavor of it throughout the bread.
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I believe traditional naan is simply kneaded with yeast and allowed to rise naturally, but here, some baker's yeast is added to speed the process along.
Archive 2007-07-01 Nupur 2007
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The ultimate temptation was this olive-onion naan from the Cooker, using this recipe from Evil Jungle Prince.
Archive 2007-07-01 Nupur 2007
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I’ve eaten at Curry Dreams a few times, and I always feel that their naan is the high point of the meal.
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This time I made the family wait while I snapped a few photos!), so even though naan is our favorite, I did not want to make it as I wanted to challenge myself.
Bread Baking Day #1/7 (My 1st, everyone else's 7th!): Dahi Chapati Laura 2008
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This time I made the family wait while I snapped a few photos!), so even though naan is our favorite, I did not want to make it as I wanted to challenge myself.
Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008
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She didn’t give me a choice, so I don’t know what the naan is like.
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I wanted a griddle baked bread since the naan was a simulated clay oven bread and I did not feel like deep frying anything, so that left griddle breads.
Bread Baking Day #1/7 (My 1st, everyone else's 7th!): Dahi Chapati Laura 2008
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I wanted a griddle baked bread since the naan was a simulated clay oven bread and I did not feel like deep frying anything, so that left griddle breads.
Archive 2008-02-01 Laura 2008
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