Pav Recipe | Ladi Pav | Soft Dinner Rolls  These SOFT, LIGHT, PILLOWY Dinner rolls are just too good to resist. With just a handful of ingredients, these BEST Eggless Dinner Rolls are a great accompaniment to any meal! I really love this easy dinner roll recipe with my Pav Bhaji or these Butternut Squash soup.

I also love using my Instant Pot for proofing the dough!!!

Learn to how to make this Soft Homemade Dinner Rolls Recipe with detailed instructions. { Video Tutorial included }

SOFT DINNER ROLLS RECIPE

I grew up in India devouring freshly baked dinner rolls from the bakery to accompany all the delicious Indian street food – Pav Bhaji, Masala Pav and Mumbai’s Vada Pav too!  After moving to UK nearly 15 years ago, I was craving for these ladi pav and they were not available locally.

To satisfy our craving, I started baking this homemade Pav at home. All I wanted to have was an easy straightforward recipe with no frills, something that is eggless and can be made in simple steps.

Alas I finally mastered my recipe for Easy Soft Dinner Rolls recipe with subtle tweaks over the years.

Yes, this recipe is literally dump, knead, proof and bake to make delicious homemade dinner rolls. How easy is that!!

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To make dinner roll, I use my stand mixer and let the dough hook do all the hard work with kneading for me. Since I am using Instant Yeast, it is literally like adding the ingredients together in a bread machine for a bread recipe.

By Using Instant Fast Actioned Dried Yeast, you don’t have to activate the yeast separately and wait for it get frothy. But do check the expiry date on the Yeast packet.

Tips for Making Quick & Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls

Measure out the ingredients in a large bowl,  so you can speed up the process at the time of making the recipe.Since this recipe is literally dump and knead , you don’t need many bowls.

Keep in mind, the quantity of flour will vary depending upon the location and weather. You might even need to add more flour or less flour depending upon the humidity and altitude. 

Check for the expiry for the Yeast. Yeast plays a core role in our bread recipe, so it is utmost important in having valid date yeast.

Delayed Fat Method We add butter at a later stage in the recipe. Fats tends to inhibit the development of gluten, which is absolutely essential for the structure of the bread { dinner roll }.

Proofing  the Dough is an essential step. You can do it in the Instant Pot or in a Greased Bowl. Both the methods work really well. However  Instant Pot proofing speeds up the process.

I am soon going to share with you a recipe for Instant Pot No Knead Dinner Rolls. They are just too good too!

Second Rising is equally important. Once the first rise of the soft dough has completed, punch it back and shape the dough into nearly equal weight dinner rolls and allow them to rise for the second time.

Weighing the Dinner Roll dough or Eyeballing the dough – I quite like to trust my eyeballing measurement. They are somewhat perfect. But occasionally I do use a method of measuring the entire dough ball for weight by grams. Depending upon the time I have got in hand, I decide on what works for me.

Brushing the Dinners Rolls is a key step too. This will lend the top of the dinner rolls with a gorgeous sheen – too good to resist.

Check the rolls between 12 -14 minutes.  If you find the rolls getting dark at 12 minutes, cover them with a foil and bake for 2 more minutes. Always check for the centre rolls for the doneness. I find the outer rolls cook quicker than the centre ones.

Position the baking tray in the lower rack as this will prevent the dinner roll from burning.

HOW TO MAKE DINNER ROLLS?

To make the BEST Homemade Dinner Rolls, You will need

Measuring Cup
Baking sheet
Stand mixer
Instant pot ( optional 0
Kitchen scale (optional)
Plastic Wrap | Cling Film
Greased bowl

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE DINNER ROLLS

To make Soft Pillowy Dinner Rolls, you will need 6 ingredients that are easily available in most households.

Plain Flour or All Purpose Flour

Warm Milk  – Measure out the milk  and heat it in the microwave briefly until it’s warm enough to touch.

Instant Yeast – I like to use Instant Fast Action dried yeast in my recipe. This will save us additional time for activating and foaming.

Salt

Sugar

Softened Butter – Room temperature butter will work best!

HOW TO MAKE SOFT DINNER ROLLS STEP BY STEP?

Sift the Flour and set it aside. Add all the ingredients in a large bowl.

Add warm milk in two instances and knead the dough.

KNEADING THE DOUGH

I like to use my Kitchen Aid Stand mixer to knead the dough, which cuts the process time by 1/4.  You can knead the dough by hand too.

PROOFING THE DOUGH

Before we get to the recipe for ultimate dinner roll,  I would like to share  how to proof the bread dough. Allowing the roll dough to rise twice is a key step for pillowy rolls.

Sometimes this can be daunting too! A lot of factors play around in rising. Sometimes there can be too much humidity, too much chillness and what not.

Proofing in the Instant Pot works well in all conditions.  If you do not have an Instant Pot, use the second method, which is universally known.

HOW TO PROOF DOUGH IN INSTANT POT?

Grease the Inner Pot of the Instant Pot with butter/ oil.

Place the dough in the greased pot.  Close the lid and leave the knob in venting.

Select the Yogurt Setting and set the external timer for 40 mins. I always use my Google Home for a 40 minutes reminder.  When the timer beeps,  cancel the yogurt setting. Open the lid to see the raised dinner roll dough.

Deflate the dough by punching down lightly.

HOW TO PROOF THE DOUGH with greased bowl?

If you don’t have an Instant Pot or your Instant Pot does not have a Yogurt button, use this method.

Grease a large bowl and transfer the kneaded dough to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or damp towel. Allow the it rise for 1 – 1 1/2 hours at room temperature or until it doubles the size.

Remove the cling film/ plastic wrap. Deflate the dough by punching down lightly.

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LADI PAV RECIPE - HOW TO MAKE SOFT PILLOWY DINNER ROLLS AT HOME?

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

With just 6 ingredients, these BEST Eggless Dinner Rolls are a great accompaniment to any meal!

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: bread, dinner roll, ladi pav

Servings: 12 Rolls

Author: SANDHYA HARIHARAN

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 Cup Flour
• 21/4 tsp or 7g Yeast
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 Tbsp Sugar
• 3 Tbsp Butter
• 1 1/2 Cup Warm Milk

Instructions

KNEAD THE DOUGH

1. Sift the flour and set it aside.
2. Add flour, salt, sugar, yeast, milk to the mixing bowl of the stand mixer.
3. Attach the dough hook and turn the mixer on to medium speed and mix until flour is incorporated. Increase the speed and allow the the hook to knead for two more minutes.
4. Add the softened butter to the dough and knead for another 2 minutes until well incorporated.
5. If the dough is a little too sticky, add additional flour as necessary - may be 2 - 3 tbsp flour at a time. The dough should be soft and pull away from the edge of the mixing bowl.

6. Alternatively to knead by hand, add all the ingredients in a bowl and knead until soft. This can take up to 20 minutes.

HOW TO PROOF THE DOUGH ?

1. Grease a large bowl and transfer the kneaded dough to the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or damp towel. Allow the it rise for 1 hour at room temperature or until it doubles the size.
2. Remove the  cling film/ plastic wrap. Deflate the dough by punching down lightly.

HOW TO PROOF DOUGH IN INSTANT POT?

1. Grease the Inner Pot of the Instant Pot with butter/ oil.
2. Place the dough in the greased pot.  Close the lid and leave the knob in venting.
3. Select the Yogurt Setting and set the external timer for 40 mins. I always use my Google Home for a 40 minutes reminder.  When the timer beeps,  cancel the yogurt setting. Open the lid to see the raised dinner roll dough.
4. Deflate the dough by punching down lightly.

DIVIDE THE DOUGH & SECOND RISE

1. Pinch pieces of the dough and Divide them into 12 equal sized portions. Roll and shape to smooth top for each of the portion.
2. Transfer all the rolls to a greased baking sheet. Cover with soft towel or plastic and allow for a second rise. This can take  anywhere from 30 minutes - 45 minutes depending upon the weather and altitude.
3. Brush the rolls with milk or egg wash.

BAKE THE DINNER ROLLS

1. Preheat oven to 200 C.  Position the Tray into the lower shelf of the oven and bake the rolls for 12 to 15 minutes until cooked through or until the top is golden brown.
2. If the rolls are getting a bit brown, cover them with a foil sheet and continue to cook.
3. Remove the rolls from the oven and brush the hot rolls with melted butter. Serve them immediately or store up to 3 days in an airtight container.