My first bread - Pav

Huh.... Wot a piece of satisfaction... when We can make our own bread.. For me , baking a bread was just like a dream... and never knew it could be made so easily......
Yup.. I baked  Pav(bread) of  Pav bhaji & I learnt it from Vah Chef  .Isnt it lovely... Till date I have only picked up Wartburtons dinner rolls in London or used to go to a baker in India... and pick it..
Remember a friend making fun of me... during school days.. saying.. Sandy.. you making pav Bhaji...   just impossible.. You wud pick a packet of Pav from the market..  , buy a packet of ready made bhaji too and serve them together taking all the credit....  Just recollected this funny incident when I baked my pav at home.



INGREDIENTS:

All Purpose Flour(Maida)
3.5Cups
Dry Yeast
3.5gm
Butter
3.5 table spoon
Sugar
1/2 tsp
Salt
3/4 tsp
Water
2 Cups

This measurement will yield 11 Pav's .

PROPORTION FOR PAV PREPARATION IS:

1 Cup AllPurpose Flour : 1 gm Yeast : 1 table Spoon Butter


DIRECTIONS:

In a medium size bowl , add sugar & to it add the dry yeast. Stir it well. Now add 1/2 cup of  warm water & stir them well. Remember do not add hot water . It will kill the yeast rather than making it active.Lets add about 1 3/4 cup water altogether to this yeast mix. It is said flour will need about 55% roughly for making a soft dough.In a clear large flat bowl , add the flour, required salt  & yeast water slowly and knead it well. Knead the dough for a little more time than the chapathi dough.  The dough might be sticky ,but with the addition of butter we will get a nice soft dough. Punch  & knead a couple of times again so that the air molecules dont get retained .Cover the dough with a cling film or a Plastic sheet in a way that the vessel is sealed well. keep aside this dough for 1 hour.  After an hour the dough is sure to rise .Knead the dough about 2 or 3 times again & now make medium sized balls and place them on a greased baking sheet dusted with a little bit of all purpose flour.PS: Apply a little bit of vegetable oil or butter on your palm while making the balls . There is a tendancy to stick a bit.Place the dough balls nearly touching with each other. Now again wrap the dough balls with a plastic sheet and keep it aside for about 30 min.  You will find the dough balls have a taken a bit of a flat shape. Using a kitchen paper towel , give the dough balls a bit of milk wash .This will help the bread to get a little brownish on the top.Preheat the oven at 190 C  & now bake the bough balls for 30 minutes. Hot Pav (Bread ) which is soft & fluffy(with a rebounce effect) is ready for your Pav Bhaji or Vada Pav.. For recipe of Mumbai's original Pav Bhaji click here. & for making Vada's click here.Try them &let me know how you like it !!!