Pav Buns / Home made eggless Pav

These buns are extremely soft, once you learn to make your own Pav/ Buns at home, you will never turn back to the bakery. It taste exactly like the store bought and can make it with healthier ingredients and shape as you desire.

Ingredients:

2 cups All purpose flour
1 1/2 cup Water
2 tbsp Sugar
2 1/4 tsp Instant Yeast
2 tsp Salt
4 tsp Butter
2 tbsp Milk powder

Method:

• Mix warm water, sugar and yeast together and let it sit for about five minutes or until the yeast get activated.

• Onto a work table add All purpose flour, Salt and Milk powder and mix well.
• Then add the activated yeast to the flour. (little at a time)

• Knead the mixture (lift, spread, stretch and throw) into little sticky and soft dough for 10 minutes to form gluten in it. Then add butter and knead.

• Place the dough onto slightly greased bowl. Cover it and let it rise ( preferably warm place) until it's doubled in size for 1-2 hours.

• Gently deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface and give knead it for last time for 1-2 minutes.

• Divide and shape the dough according to your preference and place them on to a baking tray.

• After shaping cover them with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap until they puff up (30-45 minutes)

• Preheat the oven to 350 F and slightly milk wash the bread.

• Bake for 20-25 minutes.

• Soft Pav / Buns are ready. Serve it with baji or vada

Notes:

1. Water required may vary, Use lesser amount in summer and greater in winter. So add little at a time
2. You can brush with egg wash to get golden colour for the crown.
3. Baking time could vary depending upon the oven.