Naan (also known as ‘nan’ or ‘khamiri’) is a staple food in Asian countries. It is leavened, oven-baked flat bread predominantly found in the cuisines of West, Central and South Asia. In India, naan is a popular main course served with curries. North India has more use of naan than any other part of India. In other regions, naan is served as popular street food during lunch time. Naan Making is slightly tough at home.
Food etymology says that the earliest appearance of ‘naan’ in English occurred in 1810, in a travelogue of William Tooke. The Persian word ‘nan’ is already attested in Middle-Persia as naan that means a bread sort of food. The form itself is of Iranian origin. Its cognate forms include Parthian nagn, Balochi nagan, Sogdian nin, Pashto nian – all of which literally mean ‘bread’.
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