- Mix all the dry ingredients first. Add the veg oil and melted butter and mix and then add the lukewarm water and knead it in a big bowl (with the larger surface area) or on the clean hygienic kitchen counter with forward and backward movement of your hand. It will take about 20 minutes to knead it into a smooth dough.
- Stretch and take it forward with the heel of your palm and bring it back towards you with the fingers, in this way it helps the gluten to develop and your flour binds together and the dough turns out smooth. Once your dough is ready, apply little oil, cover it with a cling film and proof it in a warm place in the kitchen for an hour. Prepare the square baking tin by applying oil and sprinkling it with dry flour, bang and discard the extra flour.
- After an hour the dough doubles in size, the proofing time may vary from place to place depending on the temperature of the place. Punch the dough and flatten it. Knead it again for a minute and then divide it into 9 equal parts, take each small dough and bring the edges together in the centre, seal the edges, give it a round shape and place it in the prepared tin. Give a gap as the dough will again double in size.
- Cover it with a wet kitchen towel (cotton thin cloth) and let it proof again in a warm place for an hour. When the proofing is almost done, keep an eye on the dough, preheat the electric oven (@180°C) or the vessel or pressure cooker for 10-15 minutes. Bake the pav in a preheated oven or vessel for 20 mins or until done and crust gets a nice golden brown color. Note : Sometimes I milk wash it before baking, today I skipped it but see the lovely color.
- When the Pav is done,tap on the top crust, when you will hear a hollow sound, that means your Pav bread is well baked.Take it out and brush with butter generously, the Pav will slowly turn soft and let it be in the tin for 10-15 minutes and then keep it in a wire rack and cool it completely to room temperature. While cooling it's advisable to cover with a clean kitchen towel so that it remains moist, especially in dry kind of places.Bon Appetite!
Pao / Pav / Ladi Pav
#myrecipe
By Harshita Gupta
Feb, 28th
586
Servings
2 persons
Cook Time
25 minutes
Ingredients
6
- 8
Ingredients
- 250 gms All-purpose Flour/ Maida
- 1.5 Tsp Instant Dry Yeast
- 1 tbsp Sugar, 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Melted Butter
- 1 tbsp Olive oil or Veg oil
- 180 ml Lukewarm water
- Butter to brush after bake
- Little amount of oil and maida
