Sourdough Naan
biggerbolderbaking.com · 2026 · 8 naan
Against 107 naan recipes
More salt than 95% of recipes and no sugar, unlike 74%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 107 naan recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 95% of recipes: 2.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.
- No sugar at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 1.3 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
- No yeast at all, where 74% of recipes use some (most of those 0.8 to 1.7% of the flour weight).
- Less fat than 82% of recipes: 4.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 8.6%, about half as much.
Ingredients (7)
- ½ cup (4 oz/115 g) active sourdough starter115 g
- ½ cup (4 fl oz/120 ml) water (, lukewarm)≈ 119 g
- ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon (3 oz/85 g) plain whole milk yogurt85 g
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil≈ 14 g
- 2 ¼ cups (11 ¼ oz/319 g) all-purpose flour319 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt≈ 9 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- butter ( or ghee , melted (for brushing))n/a
flour 319 gbatter 660 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 107 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid64% · 32nd percentile · median 68%
- Fat4.3% · 17th percentile · median 8.6%
- Sugar0% · 13th percentile · median 1.4%
- Yeast0% · 13th percentile · median 1%
- Baking powder or soda0% · 30th percentile · median 0%
- Salt2.8% · 96th percentile · median 1.6%
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