Garlic Naan bread is a wonderful treat that you can to compliment so many dishes. Cooking it in the air fryer allows the bread to be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Never greasy.
This garlic naan recipe uses staple ingredients that make it so easy to make hot fresh naan bread any time easily in the air fryer.
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This Air Fryer Garlic Naan bread is a favorite for dipping in soup, stews or dips. Softer and more tender then it’s pita bread counterpart it is a delicious side for whatever you can imagine.
The history of Naan can be found here about this wonderful bread.Looking for more? Check out all of the Quick and Easy Recipes on It Is a Keeper.
If you’re looking for more easy bread recipes, try these English Muffin Bread, Sweet Irish Soda Bread and Homemade Garlic Bread from Scratch.
Why We Love This Garlic Naan Bread Recipe
Really there is nothing more warm and comforting than fresh baked bread. It is the perfect accompaniment to almost any meal. This Garlic Naan Bread recipe is so easy and so delicious to make in your air fryer you will not be able to resist it.
- Perfect Side for Meals: Make this bread for a side dish to any stews or soups to round out the meal.
- Easy Ingredients: All found in pantry or fridge. Make it at home flat bread is so easy.
- Family Friendly: This easy side dish makes everyone happy with dinner.
- Adaptable: Make with a variety of different seasonings and spices to change up the flavor.
Ingredient Notes for Indian Flatbread with Garlic Topping
- Yeast: Active Dry Yeast is the key to fluffy flatbread.
- Greek yogurt: Yogurt gives the dough a pillowy texture..
- Baking Powder and salt.
- Topping: Minced garlic, butter and fresh parsley.
See my recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions to Make Garlic Naan
- Ingredient variation: Use different toppings. such as mint, oregano and other Italian seasonings etc.. to make naan. If you do not like the garlic flavor.
- Ingredient substitution: Try using olive oil in place of the butter for the topping.
- Cooking variation: If you have no tandoor, cook the garlic naan in a cast iron skillet on the stove at medium-high heat if you do not have an air fryer.
How to Make Homemade Garlic Naan Bread
Make the easy air fryer recipe to have hot fresh naan bread anytime you want a treat.
These are the basic steps for making recipe for homemade naan. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
Step 1: Activate Yeast
First, to make the dough, in a mixing bowl, stir the yeast, sugar and water together. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Step 2: Mix
Second, add flour, milk, yogurt, add minced garlic, oil, baking powder and salt to the yeast mixture. Using a dough hook, mix together until dough ball forms.
Step 3: Rest
Next, remove from bowl and knead dough for 3 minutes on a floured surface. Place dough ball in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set aside for 1 hour to double in size.
Step 4: Cut, Roll and Cook Naan
Remove and divide the dough into 10 equal pieces and then roll pieces into balls. Use a rolling pin to flatten out the dough. Take flattened dough and place in air fryer basket and spray with oil. Cook on 370 for 6 minutes, flip and cook for 3 minutes.. Cook on 370 for 6 minutes, flip and cook for 3 minutes. Naan is done when brown char and bubbles form.
Step 5: Season
Finally, in a bowl, add melted butter with the garlic and parsley. Brush mixture onto naan after cooking.
Recipe FAQs about this Homemade Garlic Naan at Home Recipe
Expert Tips for Making This Restaurant Style Garlic Naan Recipe
- Different Herbs: Fresh Rosemary or cilantro is a great addition to this recipe.
- Variation tip: Feel free to use a gluten free flour like Bob’s Red Mills One for One Gluten Free Flour. To make the naan dough.
- Pizza: Naan make great base for pizza.
What to Serve with Air Fryer Garlic Naan Bread
Air Fryer Garlic Naan Bread
Equipment
- Stand Mixer with dough hook attachment
- Small Microwave-Safe Bowl
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Ingredients
- Naan Dough
- 1½ teaspoons Active dry yeast
- ¼ cup Warm water
- 2 teaspoons Sugar
- ¾ cup Milk
- ¾ cup Plain Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup Oil
- 2 tablespoons Minced garlic
- 4 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons Salt
- Cooking oil spray, for greasing bowl and air fryer basket
- Garlic Butter
- 5 tablespoons Butter
- 2 tablespoons Minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons Fresh parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
- Naan Dough
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, stir together the yeast, sugar, and warm water until combined, then let the mixture sit for 10 minutes until foam appears on the surface, indicating the yeast is active.
- Add the all-purpose flour, milk, Greek yogurt, minced garlic, oil, baking powder, and salt to the stand mixer bowl.
- Using the dough hook attachment, mix on medium speed until a smooth dough ball forms, about 3 to 4 minutes.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead by hand for 3 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic.
- Lightly coat a large bowl with cooking oil spray, place the dough ball inside, and cover the bowl with plastic wrap.
- Set the covered bowl aside at room temperature for 1 hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
- Turn the risen dough out onto a lightly floured surface and divide it into 10 equal pieces using a sharp knife or bench scraper.
- Roll each piece into a smooth ball, then use a rolling pin to flatten each ball on the floured surface into an oval approximately the size of your air fryer basket.
- Cooking
- Preheat the air fryer to 370°F for 3 minutes.
- Place one or two flattened dough pieces into the air fryer basket, being careful not to overlap them, and spray the tops lightly with cooking oil spray.
- Cook at 370°F for 6 minutes, then use tongs to carefully flip each naan.
- Cook for an additional 3 minutes, until the naan is golden brown with light char spots on the surface and cooked through.
- Remove the cooked naan from the air fryer basket using tongs and set aside on a plate.
- Repeat steps 10 through 13 with the remaining flattened dough pieces.
- Garlic Butter
- Place the butter and minced garlic in a small microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring between each, until the butter is fully melted.
- Stir the fresh parsley into the melted garlic butter until combined.
- Using a pastry brush, brush the garlic butter mixture generously over each naan immediately after cooking and serve warm.
Christina’s Notes
- Test your yeast: Combine the yeast, sugar, and warm water and wait the full 10 minutes — you need to see foam before moving forward or the dough won’t rise.
- Use room-temperature dairy: Pull your milk and Greek yogurt out of the refrigerator before you start so they don’t slow down the yeast activity in the dough.
- Roll to fit: Shape each naan to match the size of your air fryer basket — if it’s too large, it will fold up on the sides and cook unevenly.
- Butter while hot: Brush the garlic butter onto each naan the moment it comes out of the air fryer so the bread absorbs it fully.
- Store with parchment: Stack cooled naan with parchment paper between each piece before storing so they don’t stick together in the bag.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.
Nutrition
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This recipe is my personal adaption of an ethnic-inspired recipe. It is not intended to be an authentic recipe. I’ve recreated this recipe because I enjoy the flavors and I want to encourage my readers to expand their tastes and try new flavor combinations. The recipe, ingredients, and processes may have been adapted to make the recipe accessible to the average American. I have provided links to authentic versions of the recipe in the post above. I encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about the traditional version(s) of this recipe.
Can the dough be frozen and baked at a later date?
Yes, you definitely can!
Highly recommended! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious!
Love, love, love this naan! So good!
YES!! this recipe makes AMAZING naan in the AIR FRYER!! perfection!