Paav in India is a very special dish in northern parts. But in West India it is very commonly eaten and loved meal with mixed vegetable or Bhaaji as we call it.
I loved paav's when I was a kid. We used to get these sweet buns with some colorful things in it and I used to eat it just like that with some butter layer. Me and my sister used to fight over them. Aaahh it was fun times. :)
Anyways, I wanted to make these for a long long time. So finally I made up my mind and thought lets do it. But as always, there has to be some glitch when I make something for the first time. When I warmed the milk and added yeast to it, it wasn't proofing as it used to be. I threw that batch out and then started afresh with a new yeast sachet, but again same result. I knew my yeast is not expired as I just bought it two days back. So as I was looking at my yeast pack readings on the back on how to use it, I read add to dry ingredients and I was like oh no this is no proof needed yeast. I wasted two packs trying to proof them.
Once I figured out the mistake, I took out another sachet, which was the yeast which needs proofing. And everything went fine after that and I had deliciously soft dinner rolls for dinner :D. So moral of the story was, check your yeast packs before using it. And do not use no proof needed yeast for this recipe.
Hope you will try it and enjoy eating them as much as I did. Do leave any comments or suggestions you might have down below. Happy Cooking Everyone!!!!
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp salt
5 tsp butter - melted
21/4 tsp instant dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar
Extra oil, all purpose flour and milk for dusting/coating
Recipe:
1. Warm the milk enough so that you can hold your finger for not more than 5 seconds in it. Take 3/4 cup milk and add sugar and yeast to it. Let it sit for 15 minutes until yeast is proved.
2. In a big bowl, add flour, salt, butter and yeast mixture to it.
3. Mix it until everything is well combined and a sticky dough is formed. Keep in mind that dough should be very sticky and if not keep adding 1 tbsp milk at a time and mixing it until it reaches desired consistency. Once combined, place it on a floured counter top.
4. Now with help of your palm heels press and stretch it for 15 minutes or until it becomes a smooth dough and less sticky than when you started.
5. Once done, place it in a oiled bowl and coat the dough in oil too. Leave it at warm place for 1 hour.
6. After an hour, take it out and punch it down a little. Make small balls out of the dough. It will make around 8-10 paav.
7. Place the balls in a non-stick baking tray side by side without leaving any space in between them.
8. Cover the baking tray with damped paper towel and leave them to rest at a warm place for another 45 minutes or until they rise again.
9. At about 30 minute mark, preheat your oven at 390F.
10. After 45 minutes, take 2 tbsp milk and brush the top of paav with milk.Place it in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
11. Take it out after 15 minutes and let it rest for 5-10 minutes. Serve hot with bhaaji/mixed vegetables or anything else you might like.
Hope you will try it and enjoy eating them as much as I did. Do leave any comments or suggestions you might have down below. Happy Cooking Everyone!!!!
Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp salt
5 tsp butter - melted
21/4 tsp instant dry yeast
1 tbsp sugar
Extra oil, all purpose flour and milk for dusting/coating
1. Warm the milk enough so that you can hold your finger for not more than 5 seconds in it. Take 3/4 cup milk and add sugar and yeast to it. Let it sit for 15 minutes until yeast is proved.
2. In a big bowl, add flour, salt, butter and yeast mixture to it.
3. Mix it until everything is well combined and a sticky dough is formed. Keep in mind that dough should be very sticky and if not keep adding 1 tbsp milk at a time and mixing it until it reaches desired consistency. Once combined, place it on a floured counter top.
4. Now with help of your palm heels press and stretch it for 15 minutes or until it becomes a smooth dough and less sticky than when you started.
5. Once done, place it in a oiled bowl and coat the dough in oil too. Leave it at warm place for 1 hour.
6. After an hour, take it out and punch it down a little. Make small balls out of the dough. It will make around 8-10 paav.
7. Place the balls in a non-stick baking tray side by side without leaving any space in between them.
8. Cover the baking tray with damped paper towel and leave them to rest at a warm place for another 45 minutes or until they rise again.
9. At about 30 minute mark, preheat your oven at 390F.
10. After 45 minutes, take 2 tbsp milk and brush the top of paav with milk.Place it in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
11. Take it out after 15 minutes and let it rest for 5-10 minutes. Serve hot with bhaaji/mixed vegetables or anything else you might like.
