1. Mix your yeast, sugar, and warm milk in a small bowl. After mixing thoroughly, let it sit for about 5 minutes. Let the mixture bubble! While that is sitting for 5 minutes, put your flour in your main mixing bowl.

2. Now, add the yeast mixture to your flour.

3. Add vegetable oil, 1/4 Cup of sugar, salt, and two eggs now.

4. Add to your stand mixer; keep an eye on it. Knead w/ the dough hook attachment. Every batch is different. The likely time is about 4-7 minutes. If the dough is a little too wet, you can add a little flour.

5. Roll out on to the table and give it a few more kneads. Then, take into a lightly greased bowl, cover with a plastic bag, and let sit for about 2 hours or until doubled in size.

6. I use pizza-type pans to bake these on. Put some parchment paper down, or some oil if you don’t have it.

7. Prepare an egg wash with a little egg and milk. Also, get your nigella seeds in hand if you have them.

8. Preheat oven to 350 F. Now roll your dough out and cut in half.

9. Take this first half, cut it in half twice. This recipe makes two naan shirin. I highly recommend watching the video below.

10. Your first piece will be the center of your bread, roll out to a circle. Then, slowly roll into strips the other two pieces and then you are going to braid them over each other and then wrap around the center piece.

11. Now, take the egg wash and cover the whole thing. This is important to get the beautiful golden brown color. Add some nigella seeds. (optional)

12. Take your bread and put in the oven for about 20 minutes; always check for doneness.