When stale, why do naan bread go hard and poppadoms go soft?

Answer 1

These food items try to reach the same moisture content as the air around them. Poppadums and biscuits are drier than air, take on more water and go soft. Cakes and Naans contain more water than air and so lose water, going hard in the process.

Answer 2

Both naan bread (or cake or bread) and poppadom (or biscuits) try to reach an equilibrium with moisture.

Equilibrium can be reached either by losing water content or by absorbing it.

The low baked bread tends to lose moisture and gets dried up or hard. On the other hand, the deep fried poppadam absorbs moisture and becomes soft.

Answer 3

Cos the naan bread started off soft and the poppadoms hard, so they can only go the opposite way.

Answer 4

Naan bread is baked and goes hard like all breads left in contact with normal air conditions as it dries out. Popodums have been deep fried and with time go soft like biscuits that have been left on your plate overnight, or crisps, which also go soggy if you leave the packet open, as they draw in moisture.

Answer 5

Oooh..good question. Poppadums soak up water but Naan bread dries out...why ???

Answer 6

bread goes hard because it's exposed to air, bread has more air in it, while biscuits are more denser, but i don't know why biscuits go soft. Whenever i have biscuits they always turn hard.

Answer 7

i agree wit mk they do the opposite - same as biscuits and cakes - cakes go hard biscuits go soft.
why is that!

Answer 8

Is this when they are both in the same cupboard??, maybe its something to do with opposing forces!!