Obi non

Thick naan

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      25 min

Appears in
Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

  • About

Also known as lepyoshka, obi non is an Afghan flat bread that is shaped like a disc and thicker than naan, and baked in a clay oven called a tandyr. A tandoor or tandyr will obviously impart a better flavour; the next best thing would be to use a coal barbecue and a pizza stone, or even a pizza oven — but a regular oven will also do.

These flat breads are traditionally stamped with patterns such as flowers using special bread stamps, but the important thing is to make an indent in t