Indian Food Bread Favorites Part 1

Here at Seattle India Bistro in Ballard we offer delicious and authentic Indian breads to pair with our delicious India food dishes including a variety of naan breads. What is naan you ask? Naan is a leavened flat oven baked flour bread, found in the cuisine of Central Asia, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Myanmar and in the Caribbean. In traditional Indian cooking the oven used to make naan is a tandoor clay oven. A tandoor is typically a cylindrically shaped clay or metal oven used in cooking and baking. Originally the heat for a tandoor was made from burning charcoal or wood fire, in the tandoor. The food is exposed to the live fire, radiant heat cooking, and hot-air, convection cooking. Commonly tandoors remain lit for very long periods of time to maintain the high cooking temperature of up to 480C. Nowadays the traditional tandoors are used by restaurants while smaller sized and electric tandoors can be found in home kitchens.

Don’t have your own tandoor oven to make Indian Bread Naan? No worries, we have more than enough naan options here in Seattle, WA to fill your cravings. Here are a few from our menu that are not to be missed!

• Naan – The standby classic leavened flat bread with no additions. This pairs well with exactly every single other dish on our menu.
• Garlic Naan – Traditional naan flavored with garlic. Who can say no to yummy garlic, this pairs well with many of our dishes, try it with your next order!
• Aloo Kulcha – Naan filled with potatoes and Indian spices. This is almost like a samosa but not fried. Consider it an appetizer to enjoy before your main course.
• Paratha Naan – Buttered naan with whole wheat flour. For people that prefer the whole wheat option, this is perfect and goes along well with all of our menu options.
• Special Naan – Naan stuffed with chicken, nuts, almonds and raisins. This is almost a meal on its own! Consider it an appetizer or a great complement to your entree of choice.

We are currently open for dine-in service everyday for both lunch and dinner. Come in and enjoy our wonderful Indian food Buffet which is open 7 days a week from 11:45 am to 2:30 pm. Contact us directly take-out orders (206) 783-5080. We also offer delivery options through a few apps too.

Try our popular vegetarian dishes from our menu.