Curried flatbread

Curried flatbread

A spicy naan bread - a great side dish for an Indian meal - dry-fried in just five minutes

Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 8 breads

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Plus 1 hour 10 minutes proving. Cook in batches
Freezable

Method

  1. Mix the flour, salt, yeast and oil in a large bowl and add enough water to make a soft, but not sloppy, dough. Knead well. Put into a lightly oiled bowl to rise for 1 hr until doubled in size.
  2. Roll out the dough into a square 25cm in diameter on a lightly floured surface. Then spread over the sultanas, curry powder and chutney leaving a 1cm gap around the edges. Fold over one side of the dough (like a book) and press down to seal. Roll the dough out again to the same size. Divide the dough into 8 pieces, about 250g each, and use a rolling pin to flatten each one into a circle, 15cm in diameter and about 1cm thick. Put the pieces on a lightly floured baking tray to prove for a further 5 mins.
  3. Heat a large frying pan to a medium heat and dry-fry each piece of dough until browned on both sides, about 5 mins in total, then set aside to cool slightly before serving.
Try

Make it different

Take a batch of flatbread dough and spread over either 50g chopped brie and 50g cooked, sliced onions, or 50g crumbled Stilton and 50g toasted chopped walnuts. Fold and divide as in curried flatbread recipe, then cook as step 2.

255 kcalories, protein 7g, carbohydrate 48g, fat 5 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 2g, salt 1.3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2005.

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  • 25 January 2008

    weeble cooks commented on this recipe

    I used my breadmaker to mix & prove the dough. We ate with a Vegetable Korma. I am looking forward to trying variations!

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  • 24 February 2008

    Brian45920 commented on this recipe

    The inclusion of the chutney ended up creating a hell of a mess. Subsequently I dropped that step and love the result. ***** 'll settle for asterisks as I do not have stars on my keyboard

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  • 31 July 2008

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  • 18 September 2008

    Fakhira commented on this recipe

    What temperature would you bake the breads at in the oven?

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  • 04 October 2008

    weeble cooks rated this recipe

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  • 21 October 2008

    Girl Flower commented on this recipe

    Want to make this as it looks yummy but what does this mean..."Put the pieces on a lightly floured baking tray to prove for a further 5 mins." no idea what proving is? is it cooking or leaving it to chill or what? please help!

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  • 26 October 2008

    Marola commented on this recipe

    Girl flower, as I understand it, proving (as a bread making term) means to allow the yeast time to work and for the bread to rise. Often this is done twice, firstly in a clean mixing bowl and then again once you have shaped the bread. There are different methods of getting the bread to rise (prove). You can cover the bowl or tray with a damp cloth or put the bowl or tray inside a plastic bag. To speed the process up you can put the bowl or tray (with cloth or bag) in a warm place like an airing cupboard, never use direct heat. Hope this hasn't confused you more.

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  • 27 October 2008

    Marola rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made half the mixture into curried flat bread. I didn't have any curry powder so I spread the bread with a little curry paste. I also didn't have any chutney but I don't think I would have used it anyway. We enjoyed them with Lesley Waters sweet potato curry. I will make the other half into a pizza base for tonights meal. Times are hard!! In answer to the above question I would make the flat bread very thin and bake in the oven at 220C/fan 200C/gas 7.

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  • 09 August 2009

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  • 29 October 2009

    cheesy recip commented on this recipe

    does anyone knows how to make onion bhajis in the oven please help if you can

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Difficulty and servings

Moderately easy

Makes 8 breads

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

Plus 1 hour 10 minutes proving. Cook in batches
Freezable

Ingredients

  • 500g strong white flour
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 7g sachet fast-action yeast
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 300ml water
  • 100g sultanas
  • 50g mild curry powder
  • 3 tbsp mango chutney
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