Grilled Cardamom Flatbread

Name: Grilled Cardamom Flatbread
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 1 h 47 min
Yield: Makes 4 flatbreads
Ingredients: 1½ teaspoons active dry yeast; ¾ teaspoon ground cardamom; 2¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1½ tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for coating bowl, dough rounds, and grill grate; 2 tablespoons butter, melted; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; About 1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature

Preparation info

Makes
4
flatbreads

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 50

Appears in

Mastering the Grill

By Andrew Schloss and David Joachim

Published 2007

About

This yeasted version of naan is slightly sweeter and redolent with the spicy-sweet aromas of cardamom. See facing page for a description of naan and an unyeasted recipe.

Ingredients

2¼ cups all-purpose flour
1½ tablespoons sugar
1½ teaspoons

Bread
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Directions

Put the flour, sugar, yeast, cardamom, and salt in a food processor fitted with the dough blade or in a large bowl, pulsing or stirring to mix.
Slowly pour in ¾ cup of the buttermilk and the 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and process or stir until a soft dough forms. Add more buttermilk, 1 tablespoon at a time, if the dough is too dry.