One of the things I have been wanting to make ever since my first successful attempt at baking bread has been the "ladi pav" for pav bhaji. I've had some truly disastrous attempts, with me attempting to salvage most of them by converting them into something else. This time too, I nearly ended up with a disaster, but at the last moment, I added an additional cup of flour and got something that looked and tasted the way I wanted it to. When it comes to bread, I now realise, you either stick to what you do best, or be prepared to innovate if you need to.
4 cups flour
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp honey
2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped fine
4-5 pods garlic, chopped very fine
2 tbsp grated cheese
Method
Dissolve the honey in about 1/2 cup warm water, add the yeast and leave it for 10 minutes to froth (if it doesn't do so, leave it for another 10 minutes, and if it still doesn't, just throw it away and start with a fresh batch of yeast).
Sift the flour and salt together, add the olive oil and the yeast, and knead into a dough, adding excess water as required.
When it is nice and smooth, roll it into a ball, cover with cling film and leave it to rise for 20-30 minutes.
When the dough has risen to about double its size, punch it down, then add the chopped onions and garlic, and mix well.
Divide the dough into ping-pong ball sized balls, and place on a greased baking tray, leaving a 1 cm gap between them. Cover and leave it for about 20 minutes
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180 degrees
Garnish the bread balls with cheese, and bake for about 20 minutes.
Tastes yummy with pav-bhaji subji.
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