Kashmiri Naan


Dough Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour (a better quality if possible)
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon BP
  • 1 Tab sugar (even coconut sugar made it so sweet)
  • 1/2 cup yogurt
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3Tab ghee (or unsalted butter at room temp.)

Filling Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons golden raisins chopped
  • 5 glace cherries chopped
  • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
  • ½+teaspoon dried fenugreek }
    1/8+ teaspoon ground cumin  }  they don’t mix in well!Dough – combine flour, salt, BP and sugar in a bowl.
    In a smaller bowl combine yogurt, milk and ghee. Whisk well. Add to flour mixture and mix well.
    Using your hands, knead for 5 minutes until you have a smooth and soft dough, adding an additional 1-2 Tabs of flour if necessary. (I found I was adding a lot more flour) Cover with a damp cloth for 30 minutes.

    Meanwhile, combine all of the filling ingredients and stir to combine.  Divide dough into 8 pieces.

    On a lightly floured board, roll out dough into a 2″ circle. Place 1 Tab of filling in the centre and close the circle and seal it well. Repeat for the rest of the dough.

    On the lightly floured board, roll out the filled dough to a circle about 5″ in diameter. ** Lots of flour is used for the rolling!!

    Heat skillet (no oil). Place the filled dough on skillet and cook 2-3 mins until bread starts to puff up. Brush a little ghee on the top side. Flip over and cook another minute on the other side. Repeat until all the dough has been cooked.*** Rod says they are not nearly greasy enough as Indians have!! We loved it as is.

Spicy Almond Chicken

A really quick and simple stir fry. The toasted almond flakes give a nutty tasty crunch to the chicken.

Ingredients
500g Chicken
Garlic- 5-6 cloves
Turmeric powder- 1/3 tsp
Chilli powder or Cayenne pepper- 11/3 tsp
(or according to your spice tolerance)
Almond paste (butter)- 2 tbs
Tomato paste- 2 tbs
Pepper powder- a pinch
Garam masala- 3/4 tsp
Whole red chilli- 2
Sliced almonds- 1/3 cup
Chopped coriander- a hand full
Salt according to taste
Oil- 2-3 tbs

Clean and cut chicken into small pieces (use boneless chicken). Marinate chicken for half an hour with salt,turmeric, and pepper powder.

Heat oil in a pan and toast sliced almonds till slight golden, drain  and set aside (or spread the sliced almonds on a baking and toast in the oven).

In the same oil, add dry red chilli and saute for a minute followed by minced garlic. Saute for a few seconds and add the marinated chicken and stir fry for two to three minutes. Add chilli or cayenne powder, almond and tomator pastes and fry for one more minute till it coats well. Cover & cook for two or three minutes. Sprinkle a few drops if you feel it is sticking to the bottom.

Add the toasted almonds,garam masala and sprinkle chopped coriander. Stir fry in high for one more minute. Serve this lemon wedges along with any flavoured rice.