PAV (bhaji)
Pav bhaji is not pav bhaji when it is eaten with any other bread, other than PAV!
In Bombay, one can get this slab of rows of bread, which is then broken by pulling with hand, slit, smeared with butter and roasted on the tava.
The buns which I find over here are too sweet to go as pav bhaji! The closest that I found to pav is a baguette bread.
For the pav:
The recipe is a direct copy from here.
- 1 cup bread flour+ 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 3 tsp. active dry yeast
- 1 tbs maple syrup (or sugar)
- 1.5 tbs. butter (melted)
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbs. melted butter to brush
Mix all the ingredients (except 2 tbs butter to brush) and make a soft dough. Knead for 5-6 min till you get a good smooth dough. Cover with a cling wrap and leave it to rise for about 1.5 hours.
The best thing about making bread at home is to see the dough rise! If everything goes right it will almost always rise…… but, just seeing the blown up balloon is thrilling!
Punch down the dough, knead for a few min and divide into 6-8 portions. Grease a baking tray and line it like ladi pav, leaving some space in between. Cover and let it stand for about 20 min.
When they rise they will merge at the sides.
Bake them in a preheated oven at 375F for about 15 min. Once done, brush some butter on the top and let it stand.
Cool them on a wire rack.
(my pav turned out to be a bit dense in the middle….. any comments on that?)
To have it with bhaji, break into individual pav’s, slit, smear with butter and lightly roast them on a tava.
Every time I go back home to Bombay, I will never miss a chance to have pav bhaji at my favorite stall in Vile Parle known as ‘chatai’ pav bhaji. He has a small stall in a tiny lane on a footpath, and the way you 
have to eat pav bhaji at his stall is by squatting in a ‘chatai’ (mat). The bhaji that I made from here, was closest to the one eaten at his stall!
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coffee that looks wonderful!…
Glad you enjoyed the bhaji, Coffee. The pav look delicious…I have Jugalbandi’s recipe on my to-do list too.
looks just divine…..homemade pavs are the best!
hugs,
trupti
This bread does look wonderful…
ur lonnnng silence yeilded very good results and my mouth is watering
wished i stayed beside you
You’re fit and fine now?
THe pavbhaji looks delicious! i think I should go buy some pav now…;)
Great!!! Your post and pav bhaji has taken me back to the lovely days when we used to have this dish as a Sunday evening snack..Amruth Hotel in Sion is also famous for Pav bhaji.
We get square dinner rolls here which are just perfect for Pav Bhaji, 12 in a pack!:))
Buns look great Coffee. Glad you feeling well giel.
Lovely presentation. Pav look great. :razz:
coffee, did you use atta or the whole wheat flour for breads? atta does not quite give the right texture, hough it works. if your bread turns out dense, try adding 1/2 tsp yeast next time.
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:roll: This looks lovely coffee….I’m craving for your Pav Bhaji now
Hey , how re you?? nice to have u back, dear
These two are in my to-do list for a long time….should get to it at the earliest:)
Shn
Coffe, this is so cool home made pav, looks mouthwatering.
Mouth watering pav bhaji! :mad:
hey, u and ur beautiful recipes are back!
Coffee, soooooooooooo good to see you back, dear! Missed your smilies and chirps! The ladi paav looks yummy! Feel like treating myself to some paav-bhaji off the screen right now
You always do that to me 
Have a great weekend,
musical.
Coffee, soooooooo good to see you, dear! Missed your smilies and chirps a lot! The ladi paav looks divine! Feel like treating myself to some paav-bhaaji off the screen right away
You always do that to me 
Have a great weekend.
hugs,
musical.
Pav looks so crisp and tasty, home made always tastes better. Very nice presentation too.
I love pav bhaji
It’s my fav street food. Did u live in or around Vile Parle by any chance? We lived in Andheri for almost 17 years and our fav spot for PB was the Shiv Sagar outside Vile Parle (E)station.
Your pics are beautiful!
Totally amazing!! ‘real’ pav is hard to find and makes ALL the difference. You rock, babe!!
Good to have you back, Coffee!
Haven’t from you in ages. I trust that all is well and you’ve settled in to the new academic year?
One of the thrills I get from baking with yeast is seeing the risen product, always gives me a high (pun intended)
Hey.. i tried the same combination just recently (Jugalbandi’s Pav and nupur’s bhaji).. it was awsome…..
Hello again ! The pics are soooo gud, and i will definitely try making pav at home, and like bee said, i will add a bit of yeast in it, so tat they wont become dense. Thnx for the recipe
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Dear Coffee.. glad that u are back with a bang.. :razz: and hope u doing good now..
and no comments on the Pav as its as usual very different and yummy..:D 
This very nice.Pavs are looking perfect.
Coffee, this is just a beautiful post with beautiful pav that I want so much to try and make! Gorgeous!
Hey, welcome back coffee…
Homemade pav… wow, that is some dedication to authentic street food 
Looks very yummy
Excelent pictures,feeling like eating those pav and baajis
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waw, fresh baked pav looks so good and can feel the warmth and smell. worth trying!
missed you glad to see you back
i somehow happened to overlook the event! I did bake butter buns last week no time to blog :0
Lovely… will try this now
And this is the guy near the station, right?
lovely pics! and the recipe is from one of my favourite food blogs
where is the mbp round up ?
The pav looks gorgeous! i agree Pav bhaaji is not the same with out the ‘Pav’.
Good to see you back with a bang!
Hey Coffee.. good to have you back. Yummy Pav and Bhaji.
Homemade pav does ‘rise’ over the others!
Your look lovely….perfectly browned.
hey, I have been reading all the recipes on your beautiful blog, and I want to try some of them now! But, I am afraid, I have a pressure cooker, but do not know how long three whistles, 2 whistles, etc, is. Mine just whistles when it’s done until I take it off the burner and let it cool. Could you enlighten me? I can’t wait to try the last recipe you posted, with the amazing stuffing in the potatoes!1
Thanks!!
u made pavs at home???? ~clap, clap~
Home made Pavs looks divine and loved the idea of baking them at home, loved it coffee, truly, madly and deeply
So that pav bhaji made you well
How com ethis is not your entry for MBP ?
The pavs are looking absolutely perfect coffee!!!
this is my fav comfort dish…n that too to make pav right from scratch..lovely!!!
Hi, New to this blog..Wow, Nice blog coffee…ur pav looks wonderful.
Home made Paav. You must be kidding. I bet they are yummy. I cant imagine the smell. I always buy mine readymade hence I found ur blog interesting. I guess this is what made from scratch means.
wow, you made the pavs yourself. I’ll call that an achievement! As for the denser middles, I get the same problem with all my breads. It’s supposed to be a desirable quality for most Italian breads but I prefer my bread really soft…I think it might have something to do with the oven temperature not being accurate. You might wanna get an oven thermometer to check if the oven is doing what it’s supposed to be doing.
wow, they look so awsome….. i think i would eat them just like that… coooooool, and excellent pics
Perfect measurement my dear. Look delicious and fresh pav at home very nice. Thanks for sharing wonderful recipe of pav.
Coffee,
Didn’t you get my 2nd e-mail? :cry: :roll:
hey Coffee, long time no see…..how have you been, dear?
hugs and a cuppa’ coffee,
musical.
knock knock…. somebody @home??????????????????
Nice to have you back…the pav bhaji looks lovely…I have only recently begun to overcome my fear of yeast.
kya re ? :???:
hello
Your Pav and Baji both look awesome. I tried making pav from the same recipe but it didnt rise. I used Instant yeast (Fermipan). Is that the reason. I am going to try it again next week. thanks for the lovely recipe once again.. best wishes prabha
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Oh yummy - there really is nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread; first it wafts out of the oven, and the family starts drifting downstairs to the kitchen in anticipation. Then, when it comes out of the oven, you have to keep them away or they will devour the bread while it is still too hot, and finally when you get to the table it seems the bread is gone before you even have a chance to sit down.
On a different note: when should we look for the October MBP topic?
Love pav bhaji.. and the ones u’ve made, looks so so sooo good.
Heeelllooooo??…anybody home????
Home made pav …wow!!!..must be so soft and tasty ….mouth watering coffee
That looks so professional! I suggest a stall in Mumbai right now…
I’m so happy you are back Coffee!! the pav bhaji looks great, and incidentally, that’s what I got for my linch today!!:) beautiful paav…I’m hoping you can make it to my AFAm-peach event with an entry Coffee!! get well soon!!!
hi
iam gonna try pav baking today and if Iam successful i will post it in my blog too (with ur permission)
Hi Coffee,
How are you doing? Its been long time.
Came down to say Hi.
Pav bhaji pictures are very tempting. I am very lazy at baking… but will try this when i do.
Interesting idea… This looks delicious. Tanks for this great post
Can you point me to a recipe for a good bhaji to go with the bread? I’m stuck with the one on the back of the box of spices I bought. It’s fine once I tweak it, but I fear I may be taking it in the wrong direction sometimes.
(found yr blog via the Monthly Blog Patrol, and I wish I’d found it long ago)
This one from One Hot Stove?
I’ll try it! thanks!