Dinner rolls

Dinner rolls are also known as Pav/Pao, vada pav is very famous dish, In which Pav is served with Vada(Potato Fritters) and layered with some spices and chutney. Today i am sharing Pao/Pav/ Dinner rolls recipe.

Dinner rolls/Pav is very easy to make at home with minimum ingredients(flour, yeast, Sugar, Butter, Milk) Once you made it home you will forget to buy it from market every time.

Many breads available in market have eggs in it but we will learn today how to make it eggless with same method. Butter plays very important role for eggless recipes, to give it creamy richness and softness to bread.

Some Important points / Tip Before Baking Dinner rolls at home:

1. Flour – All purpose flour can be used if bread flour is not available, as i am also using all purpose flour for recipe, if bread flour is available that will be good option that make rolls more fluffy and spongy.
2. Sweetener – Sugar or honey can be added to add sweetness to Pav/ Dinner rolls and added to yeast to balance yeast fermentation.
3. Dough should be rest/fermented properly, no rust while baking at home. Dough should be Proper moist for proper softness in Pav/Dinner rolls ,Tight or hard dough will make rolls hard.
4. Yeast – Instant yeast or active yeast , any yeast can be used, Yeast should be added to warm milk not hot or cold. and it should be properly mix with Milk and should rise, means it should have form bubbles and fermented before adding to flour. If Yeast wont get properly Fermented Dinner rolls/Pav will not come out soft and proper as yeast play important role for making Dinner rolls/Pav.If yeast don’t ferment Check Yeast expiry data or check milk temp , If these 2 are fine it will work for sure :)Now we know Little much about the process of making Pav or dinner rolls at home. Lets start making them with proper Measurement and Method:

Ingredients:

All purpose/bread flour 2.5 cups

Sugar 1/3 cup

Yeast 2 tsp(active or instant)

Milk 1 cup

1/2 cup Butter Unsalted

Salt a pinch

 

Method:

Luke warm milk and takeout butter on counter to bring it to room temperature or warm it too a bit. Don’t mix milk and butter now.

In a big mixing bowl pour warm milk, add 1 tbsp sugar and yeast. Mix well till sugar dissolve and let it rest for 10 minutes for ferment.

After 10 minutes yeast should be fermented, now add Butter and mix well.

Add Remaining sugar, Salt and  Slowly mix flour to yeast  mixture. when all the flour is added in yeast mixture use hands to knead dough. if dough should be moist/soft. if its hard add some milk.

Cover it and let it rest for 30  minutes. After 30 minutes dough will be double in size, punch the air from the dough and knead the dough for 10  minutes to make it smooth , add 1 Tbsp butter while kneading. Cover and let the dough rest for another 1 hour.

After 1 hour takeout the dough and flat it with hands on flat surface. Cut dough in 16 equal parts and form a ball with smooth surface on top side. Place balls in a baking pan and cover it. let it rest for another 30 minutes. After 30 minutes,  Don’t take out balls from pan, brush the top surface of balls with milk and butter.

Preheat oven at 180 Degree Celsius for 10 minutes and place rolls pan in preheat oven. Bake rolls for 15-20 minutes till top layer change its color.

Take pan out of oven and let it cool down to come to room temperature.  Soft dinner rolls/pav are ready to serve. It stay fresh at room temperature for 3 days (store in air tight container or close bag).