Ladi Pav – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Take milk into a bowl. The milk should be a little warm.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Add yeast and mix well.
• Cover and rest the milk for about 15-20 minutes.
• If the milk doesn’t turn foamy after resting don’t follow the next steps as pav won’t be nice.
• Add maida and knead dough.
• Take 1 tsp butter into a dish and transfer the dough into it.
• Add one tsp more butter and need for really good for about 15-20 minutes.
• This helps to develop the gluten in the dough and pav turns nice and soft.
• While kneading if the dough begins to stick to your hand, add butter.
• Add all 4 tsp butter while kneading this dough.
• After kneading the dough for about 20 minutes transfer it into a bowl, cover and rest it for about an hour.
• The dough should rise to double to its original size.
• Take the dough and make it even.
• Cut the dough into equal portions.
• Take one of the portions and make it smooth.
• Fold the edges inside to give it shape.
• Take 9”X9” baking tray and transfer the dough ball into it.
• Brush butter over the dough balls.
• This gives nice golden color to upper side of the bread.
• Cover the tray with wet cloth for at least 30 minutes until it rises completely.
• Dissolve sugar into the milk and brush it a little on the upper surface of the bread.
• Upper side should get nice color and it should not dry up. So we are following this step.
• You can bake this bread in oven.
• Bake ladi pav in oven at 180 Deg C for about 15-20 minutes.
• Take cooker or a big kadhai and add a thin layer of salt at its base.
• Preheat the kadhai on medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• After preheating the kadhai put an empty pot at the base and place the tray containing pav over it.
• Cover the kadhai with a bid lid and bake the pav on medium heat for about 20-25 minutes.
• Remove the lid and take the tray out.
• Cover the tray with a napkin for about 30 minutes. It’s better if you use a little wet napkin.
•  Remove the napkin and loosen the edges with a knife.
• Flip the tray over into a plate.
• Cut the pav into pieces and ladi pav are all ready.
• You can make 12 ladi pav from 3 cups maida.