This coconut flour naan is so easy to make and calls for just three ingredients! It’s a multi-purpose flatbread that you can use as a tortilla, wrap, crepe, sandwich bread – you name it. My recipe is paleo, gluten free, grain free, dairy free AND nut free. This tastes just as good as my famous paleo naan.
I’m sure you’ve all heard or hopefully tried my 3 ingredient naan recipe by now. It went viral years ago and is still one of my most popular recipes. Well ladies and gents, there is a new naan in town and this naan is made with coconut flour!
Coconut Flour Naan
Believe it or not but I actually like this coconut flour naan even more than my popular almond flour naan – it surprisingly tastes the same and is super easy to make. It’s also really affordable since it calls for coconut flour rather than almond flour.
Coconut flour is great because it’s high in fiber, protein and healthy fat. I know coconut flour has a reputation for being “dry” in bread or baked goods but that’s not the case at all in this naan recipe. If you’ve ever tried my paleo naan before then you can expect very similar results when using this recipe. Trust me – it tastes good.
MY LATEST VIDEOSI make a lot of this coconut flour naan and always freeze extra naans. They thaw perfectly.
You can use this multipurpose flatbread in so many ways:
- Naan: use it to serve with curries like my butter chicken or dal
- Tortilla: use it when making carnitas, taco meat or barbacoa
- Crepe: with some butter and sugar or with fruit and honey or chocolate hazelnut spread or chia fruit jam
- Bun: for burgers or hotdogs
- Sandwiches!
- Wraps: with hummus and veggies or deli meat and mustard
- What am I missing?! Leave me a comment and I’ll add it to this list!
So technically this naan isn’t really new.
Those of you with my paleo Indian ebook are already familiar with the recipe. Tomorrow (June 9, 2018) marks the 3 year anniversary of my ebook, South Asian Persuasion, and this recipe is in my “basics” chapter. I wanted to share it on the blog with you as a thank you.
It’s hard for me to believe I wrote my SAP ebook three years ago. Over the years many have asked why I wrote this as an ebook and not as a paperback. The truth is that my concept was rejected by publisher after publisher – no one thought my idea would “sell well.” I knew they were wrong because so many of you had asked for this type of book so I decided to self publish. I spent countless hours working away to create the perfect paleo Indian ebook with recipes for things I wasn’t even initially sure I could paleo-fy: naan, roti, gulab jamun, jalebi, rasmalai, pakoras, chaat, samosas etc. You name a popular Indian recipe and chances are, it’s in my ebook. You all helped make my eBook a success and made my time worth it. I really can’t thank you enough.
I hope you love this new “paleo naan” 😉 I think you’ll like it even better than my old paleo naan. Those of you with my ebook or those who try both, would love for you to leave a comment letting us know which naan you prefer! I really want to know and I’m sure others do too!
Coconut Flour Naan (Coconut Flour Flatbread)
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I came up with this recipe after getting many requests from blog readers asking me to make my paleo naan with coconut flour instead of almond flour. This nut free recipe is very similar to my paleo naan – in fact, I think I like this one better!
Ingredients
- ½ cup tapioca flour or arrowroot flour
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- 1 cup coconut milk, canned and full fat
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pre–heat a 9.5 inch (or larger) nonstick pan over medium heat.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl, and pour ¼ cup of batter onto the pan. Spread the batter out with a spoon.
- After 2–3 minutes, or once the batter fluffs up and looks firm/mostly cooked, flip it over to cook the other side (be patient, this takes time. If you are worried about the outside burning, just lower the heat).
- Serve immediately or cool the bread on a wire rack to maintain crispiness.
Notes
- If the middle still seems slightly undercooked, place the flatbread on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 10-15 minutes, or until done.
- This naan freezes well so go on and make a big batch if you like it 🙂
- The FDA lists coconut as a tree nut but it’s actually a seed and most people who are allergic to tree nuts can safely eat coconuts however if you are allergic to tree nuts I have to tell you to talk to your doctor before adding coconut to your diet.
Hi Ashley! Can we use arrowroot flour instead of tapioca flour? Looking forward to trying this recipe!
Hi Maneesha! Yes, you can! I will include that in the recipe – thank you for asking!
Heads up that some coconut flours need more water than others. I’m in Australia, I needed to add another 1/2 cup of water to thin this down enough to work. It still worked awesome! But needed that extra water.
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Linda, oh wow that’s good to know thanks for that! I have only tried this using coconut flour from the US (though I have tried many different brands). I wonder what’s different about the coconut flour in Australia?
Love this recipe. So quick and easy to make and I love that my son can now have a home-made gluten free equivalent when we are eating naan. Thanks Ashley 🙂
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Nida, so happy to hear that! Thanks for letting me know how you like the recipe 🙂
Can I use tapioca starch instead of flour?
Same thing as I understand it.
Yes they are the same thing 🙂
Hi. Can you describe what kind of consistency we’re looking for in the batter? As others have pointed out, coconut flour varies quiet a bit. Thanks!
Hi Carlos, it should be like pancake batter 🙂 Let me know what you think if you try it!
Amazing. Simply amazing. I really enjoyed this coconut flour naan! A beautiful dairy free and grain free alternative to regular naan! It paired so well with your avial recipe! LOVE!
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Maneesha, so happy to hear that!! Thank you for letting me know how it turned out for you 🙂
Will the recipe work with soy milk?
I haven’t tried it with soy milk but I think the fat content in the coconut milk is important so my guess would be no. If you try it though let us know!
Hi Ashley,
Love, love your recipes!! I’ve changed over to a mostly gluten free and dairy free diet over the past 2 years and this recipe seems like it would solve all of my paratha/naan/roti/chapatti problems. However, I try to avoid using canned products for something i want to use regularly (couple tomes a week)- I’m fine with it for the one off baking etc but if i wanted to try to incorporate this into our weekly meals- do you think using a fat like ghee and a liquid would work instead of the canned coconut milk? Or any other suggestions for full fat coconut milk that are not canned?
Thanks!
Chandni, so happy to hear that you like my recipes! There’s boxed coconut milk that you can try? The ghee with another dairy-free liquid might work but I haven’t tried it myself so I can’t say for sure. Hopefully another reader will see this and be able to suggest something.
Thanks for your reply! Someone actually suggested making an avocado paste with avocado and water or a nondairy milk and i tried it and it worked amazingly! i imagine since avocado is high in fat it serves a similar purpose as coconut milk. Of course the naan comes out a mint green color but that doesn’t bother met 🙂
Chandni, wow that is awesome! I will have to try this – thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
I’d love to try this recipe but I’m confused about the tapioca flour. I can only buy tapioca starch or cassava flour. Which one should I use?
Tapioca starch is the same thing as tapioca flour so that will work 🙂 I haven’t tried this with cassava flour but I know that is different from tapioca flour/starch
Hi! Is the carb count listed for the full recipe or per flatbread? I’m on keto and wondering if this is keto approved?
Thanks!
Hi Sarah, it is listed per flatbread – hope that helps!
Delicious! I use a little butter and sprinkle with some coconut sugar!Julie
Awesome! So glad you liked the naan 🙂
Love your recipes, they are so delicious! I have been looking for a keto flat bread recipe and I wonder if you have any? Or have stumbled on any good one. My husband needs to go really low carb to control his blood sugar, but his pitas are not negociable 🙁 – I must find a substitute flat bread that is really good in taste and texture.
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Thanks Maria! I don’t have a keto flatbread recipe but I do have a recipe for low carb coconut flour biscuits that are good/super easy to make: https://myheartbeets.com/4-ingredient-coconut-flour-biscuits/ I will think about how to create a keto flatbread 🙂
Do you have a recipe to make up an all purpose flour using coconut flour and white rice flour but no cassava/tapioca, brown rice flour, nut flours, eggs or milk?
Thank you
PattiM
Hi Patti, I don’t have a recipe for all purpose flour on my blog but I do have a really simple rice flour flatbread recipe that you’d only need one type of flour in order to make if that might be helpful?