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Potato-Stuffed Naan

Makes six 6-inch naan

3 hours 1½ hours active

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At Pappa Gee Happy Bhai Food Corner in Lahore, Pakistan, Jawaid Ahmed taught us to make aloo naan, a fluffy flatbread filled with chili- and herb-spiked potatoes and cabbage. The resulting bread is tender yet chewy, spottily browned and studded with pockets of spicy, fragrant filling. To recreate it back at Milk Street, there were a few obstacles. First was developing an easy-to-handle dough, sturdy enough to withstand filling and rolling, but bakes up light and fluffy. The second was imitating the hot, fast bake of a tandoor oven. For the dough, we looked to yogurt, an ingredient often used in naan. Its calcium content makes for tender bread, so even with the rigors of rolling and stuffing, the naan stays pleasantly soft. As for cooking, we tried countless oven and broiler settings, but found a hot cast-iron skillet worked best. The naan are hearty enough to be a light meal on their own or with chutney, but also pair wonderfully with a simple curry. Leftovers reheat nicely in a cast-iron skillet over medium; warm each for two to three minutes per side.

Makes six

6-inch naan

Tip

Don’t be tempted to adjust the water or flour quantities while kneading, as the dough will go through stages. At first, it may seem too dry. After a few minutes of kneading, it may feel too wet. With continued kneading, it will become supple, slightly tacky and workable. Don’t melt the ghee before brushing it onto the naan; we found that melted ghee made the breads heavy and greasy. Room-temperature ghee brushed onto the hot bread melts into a light, non-oily coating.

3 hours

1½ hours active

For the dough:

  • 80

    grams (⅓ cup) plain whole-milk yogurt

Directions

Reviews
Dee T.
August 17, 2025
Will it freeze well?
Exactly what I’ve been looking for, but hoping I can make ahead and freeze.
kathleen h.
August 6, 2025
potato stuffed naan
just wanted more cabbage in the mix
Jessica O.
November 10, 2024
Wow🤩 Best Potato-Stuffed Naan Bread ever👌🏽 🤤 🥇
Not hard to follow the steps considering I don’t know how to bake or make bread or anything related to baking, hard or easy. I wish I could post a picture. It came out super delicious. This is another hit in my household. Made it twice in two days 😍. I loved loved loved this recipe. I made the cilantro garlic butter spread, omitted the spicy 🌶️ pepper. Thank you Milk Street Team 🙏🏼.
Eric M.
May 4, 2024
Clean up the ingredients list to match to order of operations.
Maybe list the water in grams (185) as an ingredient.
Tom G.
June 26, 2024
Nice lunch meal
Just made these for the first time. I agree with other reviewers that there is a fair amount of prep, but the dough was very workable, and fried up nicely. It would be helpful to list the water ingredient in grams, for those of us working with a scale. Very happy with the results. Made a nice and very filling lunch. Would like recommendations on storing.

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