Making Primal/Paleo Friendly Naan
Primal/Paleo Naan from black Chia Seeds
This naan is super easy to make! Made with primal/paleo ingredients, this whips up in 30 minutes. Sure, it’s not like traditional naan, but it’s a pretty good substitute. If you’re committed to the primal/paleo lifestyle and you like Indian or Mediterranean food, you’ll want this recipe! With a few adjustments you can make this into just about any proxy for flatbread or tortillas… I love to dip this naan into raita and hummus, but there are so many more dishes to consider! Really, you can use this flat bread in so many ways. Makes a serving of 4.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon: chia seeds (ground)
- 3 tablespoons: coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons: arrowroot powder
- 1/4 teaspoon: salt
- 1/4 teaspoon: baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon: baking powder
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup: milk (or water or kefir or almond milk)
Directions
- Pre-heat oven and pizza stone to 450 degrees.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl (ground chia seeds, coconut flour, salt, arrowroot powder, baking soda, and baking powder).
- Combine wet ingredients in a bowl (beaten eggs, milk).
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Let sit for 10 minutes so dry ingredients absorb wet ingredients.
- Spread dough very thinly onto parchment paper with a spatula. Dip spatula in water so it does not stick to dough.
- Remove pizza stone from oven. Place parchment paper with dough on pizza stone and return to oven.
- Bake until top is golden brown (10-15 minutes).
- Serve warm.
Note
I use a coffee grinder to freshly grind chia seeds to prevent them from going stale. Also, white seeds look more appealing than black seeds. But, black seeds are all I can find locally and will do. Black seeds were used in the photo.
- 1 tablespoon: chia seeds (ground)
- 3 tablespoons: coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons: arrowroot powder
- ¼ teaspoon: salt
- ¼ teaspoon: baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon: baking powder
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup: milk (or water or kefir or almond milk)
- Pre-heat oven and pizza stone to 450 degrees.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl (ground chia seeds, coconut flour, salt, arrowroot powder, baking soda, and baking powder).
- Combine wet ingredients in a bowl (beaten eggs, milk).
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix to combine.
- Let sit for 10 minutes so dry ingredients absorb wet ingredients.
- Spread dough very thinly onto parchment paper with a spatula. Dip spatula in water so it does not stick to dough.
- Remove pizza stone from oven. Place parchment paper with dough on pizza stone and return to oven.
- Bake until top is golden brown (10-15 minutes).
- Serve warm.
