Grain Free Naan || Indian Flatbread (Paleo, AIP)
 
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Serves: 2-3
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  1. In a cup or a small bowl, add the warm water (water should be between 100 and 110 deg F) and the maple syrup. Then add the yeast and stir with a spoon to let the yeast completely dissolve/mix into the water. Cover with an inverted cup or a dish and keep aside for about 10-15 mins until the yeast gets activated and gets all bubbly and rises to almost double its volume.
  2. Take a large glass mixing bowl and add the cassava flour and the plantain flours (if not adding plantain flour, just add all the cassava flour) to it. Add the sea salt too. Now add the yeast mixture (risen by now) and stir to mix. Add the rest of the warm water and mix with a spatula to form a dough. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and place a dish on top and leave aside for about 1 to 2 hours (1½ hours is perfect!) (If the room temperature is less than 70 F, then keep the dough inside an oven with the oven lights on)
  3. To the fermented dough, add a tbsp of extra virgin olive oil and knead gently (don't knead too much) until smooth. Divide dough into about 5 - 6 balls.
  4. On a parchment paper take each ball and flatten using your fingers to form a 3 inch dia round circle(or an oval naan shape). The thickness should be at least ½ an inch. if its too thin, then it will be like a tortilla.
  5. Heat a non stick pan or a cast iron pan until hot. Then cook the naan on the pan for about 2-3 mins on each side on medium heat. Brush with some olive oil on each side. Finish cooking all the naan this way.
Baking Naans in oven:
  1. Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Take each ball of dough and press onto the parchment to form a 3 inch dia naan. Place about 2 -3 naan on tray and bake at 375 F for 12 mins on one side and then flip and apply oil on the other side and cook for another 5 mins.
Baking as a foccacia bread:
  1. Alternatively if baking this as focaccia bread, you can press all the dough onto a parchment lined pan and press with hands till dough is about ½ inch thick. Bake this at 375 F for about 20-22 mins until golden brown on bottom.
Recipe by Cook2Nourish at https://cook2nourish.com/2019/03/grain-free-naan-indian-flatbread-paleo-aip-vegan.html