Stuffed Cheesy Spinach Naan is one of the variation in Naan, which I the like most. Stuffed Cheesy Spinach Naan is tasty, delicious and healthy too, especially because of spinach. Here I am sharing how to make Stuffed Cheesy Spinach Naan with oven and without oven.
Naan is most familiar and very popular in the South Asian countries like India, Pakistan at in all restaurants and road side dhabas. There are different kinds of Naan, some are stuffed and some are not stuffed (plain). Plain Naan is obviously delicious but the Stuffed Naan is tastier too. There are different types of Stuffed Naan like Potato, Paneer, onion, Cauliflower etc. Today, I have decided to make Stuffed Cheesy Spinach Naan.
Ingredients
For Naan Dough
- 2 cup All Purpose Flour/Maida
- 1 Packet Active Dry Yeast(7gram)
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp oil/Ghee
- Salt
- Flour for Dusting and Rolling
Cheesy Spinach Filling
- 1 Bunch of Fresh Spinach
- 2-3 tsp Garlic Paste
- 1-2 tsp Crushed Red Peppers
- 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder
- Salt
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- Butter or Ghee for Applying
Method:
Dough:
1. Take a 3/4 cup lukewarm water in the mixing bowl, and then add sugar, yeast and mix well, cover it for 7-8 minutes or till bubbly foamy texture.
2. Take a 2 cup flour add it into the prepared yeast mixture, oil, salt and mix well, knead it about 3-4 minutes. If needed then use water and make a smooth dough like elasticy.
3. Apply few drops of oil on dough, cover it and keep a side for 30 minutes or till double.
Cheesy Spinach Filling
1. Wash and clean the spinach and then chop roughly.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped spinach, garlic paste, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper.
3. Stir on a medium flame till spinach mixture become dry or till all moist observe. keep aside for let it cool down completely.
4. Once cool down, add shredded cheese and mix well.
Process
1. Take the prepared dough, punch it down, and knead it again for 2 minutes. Now divide the dough into the medium sized balls.
2. Take one ball, dust in flour, roll it and make thick circle disk. Place the filling on the disk and close the edges, farm it into the ball.
3. Dust the ball into the flour, flatter with using fingers, and then roll it into the oval shaped naan using roller pin.
4. Heat the griddle, apply little water on rolled naan, place it on tava/griddle and cook for a minute or till bubbles will come out on the Naan surface, or cook it for 1-2 minutes.
5. Turn the tawa and roast all side of the Naan directly on high flame till golden brown spotted and then flip, roast it for few seconds on a direct flame using a cooling rack.
6. Now remove it on plate and apply ghee or butter.
In Oven
1. Preheat the oven on maximum temperature.
2. Take a baking tray, grease it with few drop of oil. Place the stuffed naan on it, and brush it with oil or ghee.
3. Place the tray into the oven and then bake it for 5-7 minutes on highest temperature.
Tips:
- Always apply little water on rolled naan before cook on the griddle, so Naan can easily stick on tava/griddle. Use without non stick tava/griddle.
Stuffed Cheesy Spinach Naan
Ingredients
Method
- Take a 3/4 cup lukewarm water in a mixing bowl, and then add sugar, yeast and mix well, cover it for 7-8 minutes or till bubbly foamy texture.
- Take a 2 cup flour add it into the prepared yeast mixture, oil, salt and mix well, knead it about 3-4 minutes. If needed then use water and make a smooth dough like elastic.
- Apply few drops of oil on dough, cover it and keep a side for 30 minutes or till double.
- Wash and clean the spinach and then chop roughly.
- Heat oil in a pan, add chopped spinach, garlic paste, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper.
- Stir on a medium flame till spinach mixture become dry or till all moist observe. keep aside for let it cool down.
- Once cool down, add shredded cheese and mix well.
- Take the prepared dough, punch it down, and knead it again for 2 minutes. Now divide the dough into the medium sized balls.
- Take one ball, dust in flour, roll it and make thick circle disk. Place the filling on the disk and close the edges, farm it into the ball.
- Dust the ball into the flour, flatter with using fingers, and then roll it into the oval shaped naan using roller pin.
- Heat the griddle, apply little water on rolled naan, place it on tava/griddle and cook for a minute or till bubbles will come out on the Naan surface, or cook it for 1-2 minutes.
- Turn the tawa and roast all side of the Naan directly on high flame till golden brown spotted and then flip, roast it for few seconds on a direct flame using a cooling rack.
- Now remove it on plate and apply ghee or butter.
- Preheat the oven on maximum temperature.
- Take a baking tray, grease it with few drop of oil. Place the stuffed naan on it, and brush it with oil or ghee.
- Place the tray into the oven and then bake it for 5-7 minutes on highest temperature.
Notes
- Always apply little water on rolled naan before cook on the griddle, so Naan can easily stick on tava/griddle.
What kind of cheese do you recommend using?
Mozzarella cheese!
I made this last night. Everyone at my place loved this. Thank you!
Thank you so much for trying 🙂
Hello lovely pics and mind blowing background. Can you share which camera do you use?
Its Nikon D7100 Thank you 🙂
Whenever use baking powder not to add oil because oil is a substitute of baking powder.Both are acid. Oil is a liquid fatty acid whereas baking powder is a powder acid.While preparing naan dough instead of oil add ghee with baking powder.
OK!! you can skip, but I saw in lots of vegan baking recipes they use baking powder with oil and its work great!!
How much sugar did you put? Thanks.
2 tsp sugar!!
As usual amazing recipe with an even more amazing pix.. U really inspire me a lot.. this is the best indian blog pictures i have ever come across.. looks like as if it is ur natural instinct to take such fabulous pix
thank you Farha! so sweet of you!!
I think I just died and went to paradise! These are soooo absolutely delicious looking, it’s hard not faint. Great pics AND step by step shots?!?!?! You’re fabulous!
thanks Meg!!
Very nice presentation …I love the recipe ..I make it also in very similar way for Adding greens in kids food ..my kids love this stuffed naan
thank you Sneha!!
Wow, you did such an awesome job with this naan! It looks simply amazing. I love your step by step photos, too! I’ve made naan, but never stuffed it before. It looks delicious with the cheese and spinach. I’d love to try this 🙂
thank you Amy!!
Looks perfectly….. like the combo!
thanks Sonali!!
wow nice and healthy naan
Cheers
Anu@RasA-svAda
thanks Anu!!
Stuffed and cheese is a deadly combo. Loved the fact that you made it on stovetop instead of oven! 🙂
🙂 thank you!!
looks very interesting.y
thanks Nancy!!