Being a Vada pav and pav bhaji lover, Ladi Pav is must try for me. During this lock-down when we are avoiding buying from stores, this comes as blessing. So let’s not waste much time and get the recipe, don’t forget to read the tips mentioned as it plays a very important role in recipe.
Ingredients
- 420 gms All purpose flour
- Half tsp – instant yeast
- Salt 1 1/2 tsp
- Sugar 2 tsp
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- Water+ Milk 300 ml or as per flour absorption
- One tbsp Sourdough starter discard(optional)
- Milk for brushing
Process
- Take two spoon flour and add 5-6 spoon water and mix properly now cook it on slow flame until it forms a paste
keep it aside and let it cool down
- Add sugar in luke warm water + milk (70 ml) in a glass bowl or cup and then add yeast and mix gently. (Check temperature of water by putting your pinky finger, if your are able to resist heat for sometime it’s good to go)
- Cover it and keep it in warm place for 12-15 minutes to activate the yeast
- Check if get good bubbles in yeast water, as shown in picture
- If you can’t see bubbles rise then discard and start again
- Shift Flour, salt, sourdough discard in a separate bowl and start adding activated yeast slowly, don’t add liquid in one go
- Keep mixing the flour with liquid until it combines properly
- Dough should be sticky, if it feels dry add more liquid
Kneading
- Clean your kitchen counter properly and remove unwanted items
- Now dust your kitchen counter with some flour or some butter
- Take out dough on kitchen counter and start kneading it
- You need to knead in stretch and fold method as shown in video
Keep kneading for at least 10-15 minutes or until dough get easy to handle
- Add butter while kneading in parts after it starts coming together
- To check when your dough is ready press one finger & it should bounce back slowly, or do the window panel test(Mentioned)
- Take a small ball and stretch it in front of window, dough should stretch easily and light can be visible
- Now tuck in the dough and keep it in well greased Bowl
- Cover it properly with cling film or wet towel.
- Keep the bowl in warm place for first rise at-least 45 minutes or until it doubles
- Take out the dough an punch it out, knead again for few minutes
Shaping
- Take a square or rectangular baking pan, lined with parchment paper
- Take the punched dough and divide it into 60 gm balls, you will get 9 balls from above measurement
- Apply some oil/butter on hand if your dough is sticky, knead each ball a little and start cupping it in tight ball with help of your palm and fingers
- Placed the well tucked ball in baking trays with some gap in between
- Brush with milk (optional)
- Keep it for 25-30 minutes minimum covered with cloth for second rise
Baking
Pre-heat oven at 180°c
- Placed the baking tray on rack and bake it for 20-25 minutes. Or until you get a golden top( if you are not getting golden top after 22 minutes, take out the pan and brush again with milk and bake for few more minutes)
- Take our pan and remove pav from it and keep it for cooling on rack. ( It will be hard at this time)
Let it cool completely, once it cool down pav becomes soft.
Enjoy with hot vada or pav bhaji 🙂
I’m a crazy huge fan of ladi pav. Would love to try it but have no clue what a sourdough discard is… Can i make at home? Plz helo
Hey you can make it at home, sourdough is optional you can skip it
These ladi pav look so good I am sure to try the recipe. However my respect for bakery guys just increased cause making these pavs is truly a tedious process.
Thanks ?
Oh wow!! This looks so tempting and fresh. I am saving this post of yours. I tried once and it was disastrous. Is sourdough necessary? Do mention. One more thing yeast has to be instant yeast. Is it mentioned as active yeast?
Hey thanks ? no Sourdough is not necessary and you can use any yeast instant or dry ( I have used instant yeast) here
This looks so perfectly baked . I love ladi pao and now I got the recipe too . I will try out the recipe too .
Do share your bake
Being a pav bhaji lover i enjoy having laddi pav a lot. It isn’t easy to bake for the first time but your recipe looks easy. Is there replacement for yeast?
This looks so delicious and lip smacking. I’ve never make that at home. Indeed quick and easy recipe. Definitely gonna try soon.
I absolutely love Pav Bhaji but haven’t been able to find Ladi Pav anywhere. Thanks for this simple and easy to understand recipe.
Ladies pav is new to me and looks little expertise in it. I am naive in baking so will mark this post unless I become pro. Thanks for details at each step.
You make it sound so easy and your ladi pav looks perfect. Not sure how well my attempt will turn out but I would love to give this a try.
Thanks ?
My family enjoys Pavs with Bhaji and Misal etc but we were mostly buying them.I might try my hands at making them at home now that you have shared such a detailed recipe including how to knead the dough !
Making ladi pav at home is something I would love to try. The aroma of freshly baked bread is bliss. And your video will make it simpler to understand the recipe.
Yea it’s awesome
The pav look really perfect buddy. Thanks a lot for sharing the stepwise procedure buddy
Thanks ? my pleasure
You made the pav making too simple tat even novice like me are going to try making them. We do like vadapav and pav baji, gues we can have the pav made at home, thanks to you.
Do try and share your bake
The recipe looks amazing definitely will give a try coz it’s worth preparing during this lockdown thank you for sharing this detailed recipe… Will share with my sister too..
After moving out of Bombay if there one thing i truly miss, it is Ladi Pav. Here, in Chennai, people don’t even know what that is! Thanks for this easy to follow recipe. Hope to replicate your delicious looking Pav soon.
Wow loved it, I m always little afraid of baking at home and baking pav at home..I mean it is just super incredible..love the end result so much. Thanks for sharing detail recipe.
I really liked the step by step process you shared ..I don’t have oven can I bake on gas ..do share, please
Wow…it looks so perfect and tempting. Nothing can beat home baked pav for vada pav and pav bhaji. I am a big time vada pava and pav bhaji lover.