Pav with oats flour, No dairy or refined sugar

 

I baked pav with a mix of oats flour and refined flour. I also used minimal oil; where 5 tablespoons where proposed, I used just 1/2 a teaspoon. Also, I used baking paper to place the pav's in the oven so that I did not have to smear the pan with oil. The pav turned out nice and crusty, albeit a bit dry. You can always dab a bit of butter when it is just out of the oven if you don't like it so dry. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elements for the bread are :

 

 

Coconut sugar or date sugar - 2 tsp

Dry active yeast - 1 and 1/2 tsp

Warm water - 1/4 cup

Oats flour (rolled oats ground to a powder) - 1 cup

All-purpose flour - 3 cups

Salt - 1 tsp

Olive oil, extra virgin - 1/2 tsp

Oat milk - 1 and 1/4 cup

 

 

 

 

 

 

The formula...

 

 

In a glass bowl, add the sugar and yeast with a little warm water (just enough to soak). Allow it to ferment for 15 minutes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then add the flour, salt and mix with a spatula. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pour the milk into this and use your fingers to make a soft dough. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It has to be neither too soft nor too hard (to check this, push the dough with your finger. If the dough on that spot rises back, its done.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover the bowl with a cloth and set aside in a warm place for 2 hours. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line the oven safe bowl with baking paper. After the 2 hours, punch the dough a little. Apply oil on your fingers to handle the sticky dough. Make small, round balls of the dough - about 11 to 12, and place them in the bowl a little away from each other. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cover this bowl with a cloth and keep aside for 1/2 hr. The balls will rise a little in this time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Place the bowl on the top grill stand. Start the oven for 20 minutes. After 20 mins, check the buns. If they have a light, golden brown color, they are done and you can remove them from the oven. Allow the buns to cool. Pull them apart. Delight in the warm crusty bread!