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Naan

नान
NAHN

Soft, leavened flatbread traditionally baked in a tandoor (clay oven).

Meaning & usage

Naan is a leavened flatbread, traditionally cooked by slapping the rolled dough onto the inner wall of a tandoor, where it puffs and chars in a minute. It's richer than roti — usually made with maida (refined flour), yoghurt and sometimes egg or milk. Variants include garlic naan, butter naan and stuffed kulcha. Most home cooks substitute a hot cast-iron tawa or a grill.

In a sentence

A plate of garlic naan arrived first, oily and blistered.

Common spelling variants

  • Nan
  • Nann

Naan is the canonical English spelling used in MG Mini puzzles.

Category: Food Origin: Persian Script: Hindi