According to an American consumer’s report, the popularity of flatbreads are on the rise One recent statistic showed that the purchase of flat bread products rose three fold in a one year period.Fabulous Flats, a major distributor of a variety of flats bread, also report that the popularity of flatbreads is on the rise. Over a year ago, Gourmet review reported the phenomena, and statistics in the United States showed that in one year, between 2005 and 2006, the sales of products with the name “flatbreads” tripled. Now, riding the surge of flatbed popularity, an old Middle Eastern form of flatbread called naan, is taking its place among other popular flatbeds that have spread to the west, such as the pita, the tortilla and the lavasch.
Naan is not actually a form of bread, it just is bread, in many Middle Eastern, Slavic and Eastern culture. Naan is a leavened bread backed over coals in a clay oven called a Tandoor.
The round bread is described as a staple in Northern India, but is also very popular in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
In the modern world, backing powder is sometimes used as a leavening agent for the naan, however, traditionally, yogurt had been used to leaven the naan, and it also provides added volume and thickness. The result is fluffy bread. that can be used for dipping soups or eaten with condiments.
Today, naan is available in America in most Indian restaurants. Offered as a bread basket appetizer, the naan is usually served with a variety of dips and condiments such as raita, (a mixture of yogurt and cucumbers). Garlic naan is a particularly tasty form of naan. The fluffy bread is dipped in ghee, with just the right amount of garlic is added to make a perfect flavor. The tasty bread is now ready to be dipped in soups or eaten with salads, or used as a scoop for the main course that will be coming along afterward.
Naan can be prepared in a number of delectable ways. One particular tasty type of naan originated in Kabul and is known as “Kabul naan.”
Our thanks to the Chaikhana, an Indian Restaurant in Montgomery County, Pa, for sponsoring this article about traditional Indian cuisine. Chaikahana features both garlic naan and Kabul naan as appetizers. And their Naan bread is baked fresh in a Tandoor. If you happen to be visiting Philadelphia, or nearby Montgomery, County, please stop in and enjoy a lunch or diner of traditional Indian cuisine. Chaikhana is located inside: the Super Fresh Arcade at 1301 Skippack Pike in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and is convenient to King of Prussia, Ardmore, and other cities in the Main Line.
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