Super easy vegan naan bread. The perfect accompaniment to a delicious curry or just as is! Soft, fluffy and wonderfully flavorful!
I am honestly thrilled about this vegan naan recipe because it is sooo easy.
We love a good curry and when you have a good curry, well, a delicious naan bread is the perfect companion.
And when it’s this easy to make it yourself, there’s really no reason not to.
That being said, it’s not super quick to make these, but it is super easy.
How to make vegan naan
It’s 5 easy ingredients that you mix up in a bowl, knead a bit (not long at all) and then leave to rise for 30 minutes.
Then you divide the dough up into 8 pieces, roll each one out until it’s nice and thin and then fry it in a very hot pan with a teeny tiny bit of oil.
It only takes 2-3 minutes for the vegan naan breads to brown nicely on both sides, so the cooking part only takes around 20 minutes.
So all in all, you can have hot and delicious freshly made vegan naan breads within an hour (or a little over an hour) if you started right now!
I went with the easiest version of this recipe that I could, I didn’t want to add any bells and whistles because it’s not really necessary.
However, you can definitely fancy up these naan breads by adding crushed garlic or cilantro or even turn them into butter naans by brushing on some melted vegan butter and then adding a sprinkle of sea salt (yum!).
I hope you’ll love this vegan naan bread! It is:
- Super easy
- The perfect accompaniment to curry!
- Ideal for dipping
- Soft and fluffy
- Flavorful!
Serve them nice and warm! If you have leftovers, store them at room temperature where they will stay good for up to 2 days. They’re easy to reheat, you can microwave them or warm them in the oven until heated through.
More vegan sides!
- Baked Potato Fries
- Vegan Cornbread
- Rosemary and Olive Oil Roasted Eggplant
- Easy Vegan Dinner Rolls
- Vegan Mashed Potatoes
So let us know what you think of these vegan naan breads! Comment below and please rate the recipe too! Thanks so much.
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Vegan Naan
- Prep Time: 45 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 8
Description
Super easy vegan naan bread. The perfect accompaniment to a delicious curry or just as is! Soft, fluffy and wonderfully flavorful!
Ingredients
- 3 cups (375g) All Purpose Flour
- 2 tsp Instant Yeast
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 cup (240ml) + 2 Tbsp (30ml) Warm Water (Not Hot)
- 1 Tbsp (15ml) Maple Syrup
- Olive oil (for oiling the dish and for frying)
Instructions
- Add the flour, yeast and salt to a mixing bowl and mix together.
- Add the maple syrup to the warm water and mix in.
- Pour the warm water over the flour mix and stir in with a spoon. Flour your hands and a work surface and get in there with your hands, kneading the dough about 20 times so that it forms into a nice big ball. The dough will be quite soft.
- Place the ball of dough into an oiled dish and turn it over a couple of times so that the dough is lightly coated in the oil, then cover the bowl with a cloth and leave to rise on the countertop for 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes bring out the ball of dough and place onto a parchment lined board. Alternatively use a floured baking mat. Cut the dough into 8 roughly even sized pieces.
- Heat up a non-stick frying pan with a tiny bit of olive oil – it really must be a very small amount, like a half a teaspoon.
- Roll out the first naan into roughly an oval sort of shape and place into the hot frying pan. Allow to cook until nicely browned on each side (if the pan is hot enough, it should only be 2-3 minutes before it’s perfectly done both sides).
- Repeat for the rest of the naan breads.
- Add more oil as needed if your pan starts to look too dry, but use only a small amount at a time.
- If you would like to make garlic naan, then once you’ve rolled out your naan bread, dip your finger in water and lightly dab the water onto the surface of the naan bread, add crushed garlic and press it in, it will stick because of the dampness of the dough from the water. Then fry it as usual.
- If you want to make a butter naan, then melt some vegan butter and brush it onto the naan bread during cooking or just after it’s finished cooking. A sprinkle of sea salt on top of the vegan butter is also delicious to add.
Notes
*The reason for only using a tiny bit of olive oil when frying is so that your naan doesn’t end up oily, as it tends to soak up the oil. However if you like them like that then go ahead and use more.
*Prep time includes time spent rising.
- Category: Side, Savory
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Vegan, Indian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Naan (of 8)
- Calories: 211
- Sugar: 1.8g
- Sodium: 296mg
- Fat: 3.8g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 37.9g
- Fiber: 1.4g
- Protein: 5.4g
Keywords: vegan naan
I reduced the recipe to one cup of flour and make too fluffy Naans. They were delicious. I put crushed garlic on mine. I thought they would stick to the pan but they didn’t at all. It was my first time of making them and they were better than the Indian restaurant! 🙂
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Awesome! Thanks so much Ali!
Hi Alison another great recipe thank you, its so easy to make and tastes great. I tend to make a batch of plain and add garlic to the next batch even my grandchildren love it. Well done
I have made this recipe a zillion times and we LOVE it.
Would you have any idea if I could use this dough for the wrapper of a vegan hot dog to make “pigs” in the blanket? Seems like it would work, but hate to make the dough, wraps the dogs and have an epic fail/waste food.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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So happy you love the recipe! Thanks so much Anne! Honestly I have NO idea of its suitability or not for that purpose though, I have never made vegan pigs in the blanket so I have no help to offer there. All the best with it though! 🙂
Hi! I really want to try this, but I don’t have any maple syrup. Can I use something else or leave it out entirely?
Any syrup would do!
Very easy and tasty!
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Thanks Fran!
Do you think i can replace the flour with almond, coconut or flax seed flour? I tend to avoid carb.
Hi Ana, I don’t think that will work in this recipe.
Amazing!! But question – Do you think this could be used for pizza dough if you didn’t break it apart? I LOVE how it tastes and if I don’t have to recreate the wheel 🙂
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Yes I do think so! 🙂
At which point do you reckon you could keep some for later? Could I keep half the ready dough in the fridge for a couple of days?
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Sure, that should be fine!
Simple and delicious. This is my go to recipe now after trying four other naan recipes.
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Thanks so much April!
Hello! Would this recipe still work if it was halved?
It should do!
It does! I just halved it and it worked like a treat – lovely recipe, once again <3
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Awesome! 🙂
Hello, can I use gluten free flour instead and achieve similar results?
Hi Clair, I’m really not sure!
The best naan breads I have made! Light and fluffy… I did add a little oil to each one in the pan, not a lot, and we ate them with a veg and chickpea curry with lots of my home-made (vegan) butter slathered on! The remaining four pieces are in the freezer :).
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Awesome! Thanks Maureen!
I have NEVER made a bread before, but this was so easy and turned out delicious! Currently using it as a vehicle to shovel saag into my face!
Hahaha awesome! Thanks for sharing Kate!
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS and SO EASY! I made three batches the first day because it was so easy and everyone wanted more! Thanks so much!
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing Laira!
This was so delicious, we spread on vegan butter and some salt flakes. My husband literally ate them all.
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Awesome! Thanks Bianca!