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How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

What Indians refer to as Pav (as in Pav Bhaji) is probably the dinner rolls to the western world! The soft textured buttery rounded bread is a world of its own! There is something to be said about the pillowy texture of these rolls which makes me go totally crazy for them! They are so versatile – use them as starters along with your soups, they make great breakfast bread with some butter and jam or use them as a side for something very spicy eg. Indian Pav Bhaji

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Its one of those rare baked goods which finds its way in without me tinkering it to add some wholegrains in it. Of course I have some healthy wholegrain versions too like this Quinoa dinner rolls but these are also most welcomed in my kitchen. I esp. love them with some butter and jam! Bliss!

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

They are v easy to make and don’t require lengthy or strenuous effort. They also make great presentation at your dinner table while entertaining. After I made them for the first time, I stopped getting the store bought ones. These are as good as any you can find and what more they are home made too! (not to say Fresh!). This is a basic dinner roll recipe.

You might also be interested in: Quinoa Dinner Rolls, Bulgar wheat Dinner Rolls, French Bread, Saffron Basil Breadsticks, Swiss Zopf Bread

    Ingredients

  • 3 cups Bread flour ( or use all purpose flour) plus few more for dusting
  • 1 packet Dry active yeast ( 2-1/4 tsp)
  • 1/4 cup lukewarm water
  • 1-1/4 cups milk ( replace 1/4 cups with 1 beaten egg if you prefer)
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 3/4 tsp salt

Warm the milk to lukewarm (not hot) and add the butter to it so that it melts in the milk. Set aside. Mix yeast and water together along with sugar. Give it a stir and set aside until frothy.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Now add the salt and milk+butter mixture to the yeast and stir well. Slowly add the flour one cup at a time to this mixture until slowly incorporated.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

It will slightly sticky – dont add in more flour until really necessary. The stickiness will be replaced by smooth elasticity while kneading.  On a lightly floured surface , use all your muscles (or develop them!) to knead the dough very well. This exercise is important for the gluten to develop in the dough. This process (depending upon how much you have been working out at gym) takes about 8-15 minutes!!!!

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Once done, the dough looks this – soft yet v lightly sticky.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Place this on a lightly oiled bowl and cover it with a plastic wrap. (or damp towel).

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Place it aside in a humid place until doubled.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Turn out this dough on a floured surface and roll it out into a square.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Using a knife cut it into 12 pieces.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Roll each piece out in your palm to form a rounded shape (or rolls). Place them side by side on a baking sheet taking care to leave about 1-1/2 to 2 inch space in the middle. Place them aside once again to double. Its fine if they dont look perfectly round.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

They will take a beautiful shape once they double again. They will also stick to each other once doubled giving that great roll shape.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Now bake them in a pre heated 350F oven for 20-30 min until golden brown.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

Cool them for few minutes before serving them

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

We enjoyed it both with our soup for dinner and with Jam and butter for breakfast the next day! Needless to say these rolls dint last long for me to consider storage for long term!

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

They can be very beautifully pulled apart to make single serving.

How to make dinner rolls (Indian Pav ) recipe

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35 Responses to “White Dinner Rolls (Indian Pav)”
  1. Poonam

    Hi!!
    Yesterday I tried this receipe…my first attempt at baking.It was a very testing and tiring process but the end results were wonderful.My hubby and I felt we were at a street cart in Mumbai when enjoying our vada pav in the night.Thank you so much for making our dream of eating vada pav (the real indian pav) in America come true.I just had a simple question…as a amateur in baking how do we know tht the bread has risen enough or how much should we allow the bread to rise? Thanks once again… :)

  2. Kalpakam

    Your pavs looks so tempting & i thought that the art belonged to Mumbai bakeries only . Yours look equally tempting & I am sure they taste as good . Great Blog I should say!. By the way, is there any difference between Bread flour & all purpose flour (maida)?. I reside in Dubai & to get fresh bread flour might be bit of a search.

    Yes, bread flour has more protein and it gives beautiful spongy texture to all yeast based breads. You can certainly use All purpose flour instead of the bread flour – the results will be little less spectacular than with bread flour. If you can get your hands on Vital wheat gluten, you can add 1 tbsp to the all purpose flour to achieve that fabulous texture.:) –DK

  3. hema

    hi
    i tried this dinner roll today, came out well….we enjoyed
    thanks…

  4. Gunjan Dhingra

    hello!
    this receipe is just amazing.i am not a baker but hey yes i baked and that too with such perfection.though i made few changes like i used whole wheat flour and bit of refined flour.instead of sugar i used sugarfree.i also added bit of sauf and aijwain to it and baked it in microwave.and it was just amazing .the only thing which was missing was its brown colour.somehow i didnt get it maybe because i used microwave instead of oven .can you suggest me something about this?anyways your receipes are just wonderful.this is one of the excellent cooking guide websites i have seen or i have searched uptill now.way you have narrated and you have presented each and every step is just commendable.do comeup with all those precious gem recepies you have in your kit.keep going.

    Just brush them with little beaten egg/ melted butter before baking them. That gives the color. I am not too sure about the M/W though since I have never made anything in it. Hopefully it might just work with m/.w too :) Thanks for your beautiful feedback. Glad to hear that :) –DK

  5. Melvin Williams

    I love all the pictures you include in your articles thanks :-P

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