Naan Bread

Naan is a Punjabi bread from the north of India, made from wheat flour and leavened by fermenting yoghurt. A tandoori restaurant cooks its naan bread in tandoor ovens, which are charcoal-fired and shaped like giant clay vases. The dough is slapped skilfully just beneath the lip of the open oven. The weight of the dough pulls it down as it cooks, to give the traditional elongated shape, and it is ready just at the moment when the baked bread would unstick from the oven side and fall down on