Bread (Pav)
ムンバイのストリートを制覇する四角いフワフワ！ポルトガル由来の白パン
Description
Unlike whole wheat Chapati, a square bread fermented fluffily with refined wheat flour (Maida) and yeast, resembling Japanese 'pull-apart bread' or 'butter rolls'.
Classification: For Everyone,Breads,B-grade Gourmet
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How to use
Ingredients
- Wheat flour(Maida)
- Dry yeast
- Butter
- Salt
- Sugar
- Water
Instructions
- Slit Pav horizontally in the middle, opening like a book without cutting completely.
- Melt massive butter on heated griddle (Tawa), press Pav cross-section to bake fragrantly golden.
- Scoop Pav Bhaji (veg mash curry) to eat, or sandwich spicy mashed potato fritters (Vada) eating as 'Vada Pav (Indian hamburger)'.
Learn more Substitutes, pairings, tips
Key spices
None
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Butter rolls or hot dog buns (perfect sub if choosing less sweet ones)
Pairing
Pav Bhaji, Vada Pav, Kheema Pav
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Pav' derives from Portuguese bread (Pão). Bread culture brought by Portuguese to Goa during Age of Discovery transmitted to Mumbai, evolving uniquely as easy street food for laborers. The carbohydrate 'symbol of B-grade gourmet' in India.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Use the Pav—sizzling after absorbing butter on the griddle—to wipe up the super-spicy Kheema curry meat juice to the last drop, devouring it!
Allergen
Wheat, Dairy (from Butter)