Every Indian restaurant in Flower Mound serves naan. At most of them, naan arrives warm, slightly charred, brushed with butter, and very good as a side for curry. That version of naan has its place, and nobody is asking it to be anything else. But at Curry Up Now, 2717 Cross Timbers Rd, Suite 400, Flower Mound, TX, naan has a different job. The Naughty Naan is an Indian pizza and it is, by a significant margin, the most interesting thing happening on a flatbread in this zip code. Open daily from 11am to 9pm. Phone: (214) 222-5596.
What Naan Actually Is Before It Becomes Naughty
Naan is a leavened Indian flatbread with roots in the Mughal court kitchens of sixteenth-century Delhi. The word comes from Persian and means simply "bread." Traditional naan is made from refined wheat flour mixed with yogurt, a leavening agent, salt, and water. The dough is pressed flat and cooked against the inside wall of a tandoor clay oven at extreme temperatures, which creates the characteristic blistered surface: charred and crisp at the edges, soft and pull-apart at the center.
What separates naan from roti or chapati is the leavening and the dairy. Roti is unleavened whole wheat cooked dry on a griddle. Naan rises slightly from the baking powder or yeast, which gives it a pillowy quality and a slight tang from the yogurt. That tang and that texture are what make naan exceptionally suited as a pizza base: it has more flavor than pizza dough, better structural integrity under toppings, and it cooks at high heat without losing its character.
Garlic naan is the most common version in American Indian restaurants. Cheese naan, keema naan, and stuffed naan all exist as regional and restaurant-specific variations. None of them are Naughty Naan.
The Naughty Naan: What It Actually Is and What Goes on It
The Naughty Naan is Curry Up Now's original creation, developed as a primary dish rather than a bread accompaniment. The concept draws from California pizza culture, where the flatbread base is a vehicle for layered, assertive toppings, and applies it to a flatbread that already has more character than any pizza dough.
The Naughty Naan at the Flower Mound location is described on the live menu as follows: caramelized onions, jalapeño, mozzarella, cotija, and your choice of tandoori chicken, paneer, or pav bhaji as the topping protein. That last option is worth pausing on. Pav bhaji on naan is not a common combination, but it makes culinary sense. The spiced vegetable mash, which is the same pav bhaji available as a standalone street food dish, provides a rich, thick topping that holds the heat of the naan and melds with the caramelized onion sweetness underneath it. The cotija adds salt. The mozzarella provides melt. The jalapeño cuts through all of it.
Real customer reviews from the Flower Mound-area locations consistently call this out specifically. "I LOVE the naan pizza and mini samosas" is one Yelp review. Another: "Paneer naughty naan, Holy moly fried ravioli, and the Chicken tikka masala bowl. Everything I ate was a 10/10." The Naughty Naan appears in nearly every top-rated review because it is the dish that surprises first-time visitors most completely.
Where Naughty Naan Fits in the Flower Mound Meal
The Naughty Naan works in two specific contexts at Curry Up Now Flower Mound.
As a shared starter or side, it splits cleanly between two to four people and pairs with any main on the menu. The strongest combination in terms of flavor range: kachori chaat as a first starter, Naughty Naan as a shared mid-course, and a Tikka Masala Burrito as the main. That sequence gives you crispy-tangy-cold, crispy-rich-hot, and wrapped-and-portable across three dishes without repetition.
As a standalone main for someone who wants a full meal in flatbread format, the Naughty Naan with pav bhaji topping is surprisingly filling. The pav bhaji component provides the carbohydrate and vegetable base that makes the dish a complete plate rather than an appetizer that leaves you hungry.
For families, the Naughty Naan is the most approachable item on the menu for children who are new to Indian food. The format is immediately recognizable, the jalapeño can be moderated on request, and the mozzarella creates a familiar texture anchor. Alongside a kids bowl for younger diners, the Naughty Naan gives parents something genuinely good to eat while the children are comfortable with their milder build.
Why Naughty Naan Is the Dish Flower Mound Did Not Know It Was Missing
Every Indian restaurant in Flower Mound already has naan. It is on every menu, it comes with every curry, and it is reliably good as a bread accompaniment. What none of them have is naan in this role: as a primary dish with its own distinct identity, its own toppings architecture, and its own reason to order it apart from anything else on the menu.
Curry Up Now built the Naughty Naan because the brand was always asking what Indian food could become if you gave it room to evolve. The pav bhaji topping option on the naan is the clearest example of this philosophy: taking a Mumbai street food staple and using it as a pizza topping creates something that honors both traditions while being reducible to neither.
The address is 2717 Cross Timbers Rd, Suite 400. Open daily, 11am to 9pm. Order online at curryupnow.com/flower-mound. Check complete ingredient and allergen information for every topping option on the allergens page. Catering requests including Naughty Naan for events go through curryupnow.com/catering-event.
The Naughty Naan is the table centerpiece. Pav bhaji is the ingredient that makes it more interesting when ordered as a topping, and understanding the dish on its own first makes that combination more rewarding. The Kachori Chaat works as a starter before the naan arrives. The Tikka Masala Burrito serves as the stronger individual main if the naan is a shared starter rather than a solo meal. For corporate events and office gatherings where the naan works best as a group centerpiece, the corporate catering guide and event catering guide cover how to build the order around it.
FAQs
What is Naughty Naan at Curry Up Now?
An Indian pizza served on a naan flatbread base. Toppings include caramelized onions, jalapeño, mozzarella, cotija, and your choice of tandoori chicken, paneer, or pav bhaji. Details at curryupnow.com/naughty-naan.
Is pav bhaji a topping option on the Naughty Naan?
Yes. Pav bhaji is listed as one of the topping protein options on the Naughty Naan at Curry Up Now, alongside tandoori chicken and paneer.
Where can I get naan pizza in Flower Mound?
Curry Up Now at 2717 Cross Timbers Rd, Suite 400, Flower Mound, TX. Open daily 11am to 9pm. Call (214) 222-5596.
What makes Naughty Naan different from regular naan?
Regular naan is a bread accompaniment for curry. Naughty Naan is a standalone dish with layered toppings, designed to be eaten as a primary course rather than a side.
Is Naughty Naan halal?
Yes. All protein toppings at Curry Up Now Flower Mound are halal-certified. Vegetarian options including paneer and pav bhaji are also available.
What should I order with Naughty Naan?
Kachori chaat and pav bhaji as starters, then Naughty Naan as a shared main alongside a Tikka Masala Burrito. See the full menu for the complete picture.
