Super Quick Sourdough Discard Naan Bread

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Nothing is better than sinking your teeth into warm, homemade sourdough naan bread. I’ve never been a big fan of store bought flour tortillas or naan as they just don’t have much flavor. Making these quick homemade sourdough naan breads has been the absolute answer for not so great, store bought tortillas

These bad boys are great for families as they don’t take very long to whip up. I can usually whip up the dough in the matter of a few minutes. They pair really nicely with your favorite curry or topped with cheese and shredded chicken. I even find myself just snacking on them plain with eggs and bacon for breakfast. I’m telling you, they are that yummy. (Not to mention a great way to use up that extra discard laying around).

Instructions

Start off by mixing your water and sourdough together, set aside. 

In another Bowl (or the same bowl resting on top of your wet ingredients….if you are like me and don’t have a dishwasher…the less dishes the better), mix the dry ingredients together (Flour, salt, baking powder)

Add Olive oil into dry ingredients until it is well distributed throughout the mixture. If you are following the one bowl method, just add your olive oil to your dry ingredients on top of the water…then slowly incorporate the water and discard mixture. 

Mix all the ingredients together using your hands until everything is well distributed

Rest the dough covered, on the counter for 30 minutes.. 

Using your knife or dough cutter, cut the dough into 16 pieces.

At this point, you can decide whether you want to do the traditional fermentation process of sourdough by placing them in a container in the fridge for 12-24 hours, or you can go ahead and make them right away (I usually make some right away and place the rest in the fridge to make later and ferment to break the gluten down). Also note that they may rise a little bit in the fridge depending on how fresh your discard/start is. Account for that in your container, as I have forgotten to and been left with having to throw away a part of my dough due to drying out due to exposure in the fridge. 

When you are ready to cook, sprinkle a little flour on your work space and your rolling pin, roll out the desired amount of tortilla balls you would like to make until they are about ¼ in thick. 

Heat up a pan nice and hot

Spray with oil, and place the naan dough in the hot pan until the dough starts to get bubbly, then flip and repeat. 

Voila, you have a super yummy homemade naan bread made from sourdough discard. YUM!

Quick Simple Sourdough Naan Bread

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Course Bread, Side Dish

Equipment

• Frying Pan
• Spatula
• Rolling Pin
• Knife or Dough Cutter
• 2 Mixing Bowls

Ingredients

  

• 1 c 205g water
• 1 c 243 g sourdough discard
• 3.5 c 539g all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp 5 g salt
• 1 ¼ tsp 5g baking powder
• 2 tbsp 21g olive oil

Instructions

 

• Mix the water and the sourdough discard together, set aside.
• In another Bowl (or the same bowl….if you are like me and don’t have a dishwasher…the less dishes the better), mix the dry ingredients together (Flour, salt, baking powder)
• Add Olive oil into dry ingredients until it is well distributed throughout the mixture.
• Mix all the ingredients together using your hands until everything is well distributed. (Like this
• Rest the dough covered, on the counter for 30 minutes..
• Using your knife or dough cutter, cut the dough into 16 pieces.
• At this point, you can decide whether you want to do the traditional fermentation process of sourdough by placing them in a container in the fridge for 12-24 hours, or you can go ahead and make them right away (I usually make some right away and place the rest in the fridge to make later and ferment to break the gluten down). Also note that they may rise a little bit in the fridge depending on how fresh your discard/start is. Account for that in your container, as I have forgotten to and been left with having to throw away a part of my dough due to drying out due to exposure in the fridge.
• When you are ready to cook, sprinkle a little flour on your work space and your rolling pin, roll out the desired amount of tortilla balls you would like to make until they are about ¼ in thick.
• Heat up a pan nice and hot
• Spray with oil, and place the naan dough in the hot pan until the dough starts to get bubbly, then flip and repeat.
• Voila, you have a super yummy homemade naan bread made from sourdough discard. YUM!

Keyword Naan, Sourdough Discard

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