
Eggless Ladi Pav Recipe : I always prefer homemade buns and breads for every day breakfast, kids school snack , to pack for holiday outing so and so. Instead of baking long loaf this single serve buns / ladi pavs are always my family favorite. Its very convenient with short baking time and don’t need to wait a long to cool completely before slicing it. Just pack the single serve buns in a zip lock or air tight container and its very easy to carry as well. We most often go out on Saturday which is strictly a vegetarian day for us. So obviously I pack these kind of egg free goodies to keep our hunger pangs in control 🙂 For more Ladi Pav Varieties, click HERE.

Recipe Adapted From Eggless Wheat Pav Buns
Yields 12 Buns
I have used 10X10 inch pan
Ingredients for Eggless Ladi Pav Recipe
Bread Flour – 3 Cups (another 2-3 Tbsp while kneading, REFER NOTE SECTION)
Active Dry Yeast – 2.5 tsp (instant 2 tsp)
Unsalted Butter – 4 Tbsp
Salt – 1 tsp (preferably Kosher)
Milk Powder – 2-3 Tbsp
Sugar – 1.5 Tbsp
Whole Milk / Regular or Full Fat Milk – 1/2 Cup
Water – 3/4 Cup
Eggless Ladi Pav Recipe Preparation
- Add 1/4 cup milk + 1/2 Cup water, warm it then add sugar and yeast to it.
- Keep aside in warm place, undisturbed.
- It turns frothy in less than 5 minutes as shown in the video (don’t keep more than that).
- In a mixing bowl add flour, salt and milk powder.
- Stir the yeast mixture with a spoon and add it to the flour mixture.
- Add the remaining 1/4 cup milk and in batches add the remaining 1/4 cup water ( you may need little less or more depending on the flour texture so always reserve and add water in batches).
- The consistency is well shown in the video, you may have to knead for 5- 8 minutes approx and the dough has to be little sticky in texture.
- Later add the soft butter and knead for few more minutes.
- The kneaded dough should be well moisturized and bit sticky before proofing.
- Cover the kneaded dough with towel or cling wrap and allow to rise in warm place for an hour.
- Later punch the dough, weigh it for me it yield 850 grams approximately.
- Divide the dough in to equal proportions.
- I divide it to 12 buns as shown in 10X10 inch cake pan of each 65 grams approx.
- You can use 2 – 8 inch cake pan for this quantity or 13X9 pan or 10X15 in that case reduce the weight of each bun and arrange accordingly.
- Once arranged allow the buns / rolls for second rise in warm temperature, it takes 30 -40 minutes.
- Once done brush the pav / buns with milk.
- In preheated oven at 375 F / 190 C bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
- Apply melted butter immediately when the buns are out from the oven.
- Serve warm here I have served it with Vada and Chutneys, will be posting the recipes in few days…
You may like 100% Wheat Dinner Rolls stove top and steames version aka Pav Buns HERE.
Video Tutorial
Notes
- You can use Maida / All Purpose Flour instead of bread flour (or use half quantity of each flour).
- The texture of the bun varies depending on the type of flour you use.
- I use unbleached Bread Flour or All Purpose Flour and sometimes Organic from Whole Foods Market.
- Apply generous butter for best brown top on buns, after first time apply and they cooled out you can warm the pavs in oven for less than 2 minutes and brush some melted butter again this trick is just for the brown top ?.
- Also the leftovers stored in refrigerator can be reheated in microwave or oven , before reheating brush it with milk to retain it’s soft texture.

Recipe Card

Learn to make Eggless Ladi Pav Bun Bread Recipe From Scratch with Video Tutorial
- Bread Flour – 3 Cups another 2-3 Tbsp while kneading, REFER NOTE SECTION
- Active Dry Yeast – 2.5 tsp
- Unsalted Butter – 4 Tbsp
- Salt – 1 tsp preferably Kosher
- Milk Powder – 2-3 Tbsp
- Sugar – 1.5 Tbsp
- Whole Milk / Regular or Full Fat Milk – 1/2 Cup
- Water – 3/4 Cup
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Add 1/4 cup milk + 1/2 Cup water, warm it then add sugar and yeast to it.
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Keep aside in warm place, undisturbed.
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It turns frothy in less than 5 minutes as shown in the video (don’t keep more than that).
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In a mixing bowl add flour, salt and milk powder.
-
Stir the yeast mixture with a spoon and add it to the flour mixture.
-
Add the remaining 1/4 cup milk and in batches add the remaining 1/4 cup water.
-
The consistency is well shown in the video, you may have to knead for 5- 8 minutes approx and the dough has to be little sticky in texture.
-
Later add the soft butter and knead for few more minutes.
-
The kneaded dough should be well moisturized and bit sticky before proofing.
-
Cover the kneaded dough with towel or cling wrap and allow to rise in warm place for an hour.
-
Later punch the dough, weigh it for me it yield 850 grams approximately.
-
Divide the dough in to equal proportions.
-
I divide it to 12 buns as shown in 10X10 inch cake pan of each 65 grams approx.
-
You can use 2 – 8 inch cake pan for this quantity or 13X9 pan or 10X15 in that case reduce the weight of each bun and arrange accordingly.
-
Once arranged allow the buns / rolls for second rise in warm temperature, it takes 30 -40 minutes.
-
Once done brush the pav / buns with milk.
-
In preheated oven at 375 F bake for 12 – 15 minutes.
-
Apply melted butter immediately when the buns are out from the oven.
-
Serve warm here I have served it with Vada and Chutneys, will be posting the recipes in few days…
- You can use Maida / All Purpose Flour instead of bread flour (or use half quantity of each flour).
- The texture of the bun varies depending on the type of flour you use.
- I use unbleached Bread Flour or All Purpose Flour and sometimes Organic from Whole Foods Market.
I have a convection microwave where the highest temperature is 230°…. How can I make buns/pavs in that… Please guide
Hopefully it is in Celsius so for this recipe 375 F = 190.5 C…just convert Farenheit to Celsius before baking any recipe hope this helps.
I don’t have milk powder and I just want to try today. Can I still try? Will it come out good?
You can replace milk powder with condensed milk ( reduce sugar in that case) or dry mawa otherwise leave it still you get a perfect pav.
Hi !! Thks for the recipe .. I have only instant yeast with me . So how much can I use for this recipe ?
Soumya use 1.75 tsp of Instant yeast for 2.5 tsp active dry yeast.
in the place of butter can i use oil
Yes please do add just 3 tbsp oil…