Vegan Baked Vada Pav #Breadbakers

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Baked Vada Pav? Yes, you read it right. A relatively healthy alternative to the famous fried street food, vada pav. You can also call it Potato stuffed Masala dinner rolls or potato buns. This Vegan Baked vada pav is completely vegan, the pav is vegan along with the filling.

But these are not the regular potato stuffed buns. It has all the goodness of the regular vada pav, except for the dipping of potato mixture in gram flour batter and frying. It takes out all the effort of deep frying the vada’s and is best served for parties when you just need to bake and not fry.

Replacement of Fried Vada Pav?

Of course, I am not saying this as a replacement for the fried vada pav. Fried food is fried and I would say nothing can replace the normal vada pav. But when you are looking for no frying or want to indulge in some food, but at the same time, trying to cut calories, then this can be the option. 

I love baking vada pav. And I could say that it does taste almost the same. In fact, whenever I made vada pav now, I make a small batch of baked vada pav for myself. I now eat only the baked version and my son at times enjoys the baked one too with me. 

I decided to post this recipe in a bit of a hurry and hence the pics are not that great. The step-by-step pics and the final pics are all taken in the night and just on the go. So excuse for the quality. Next time I will update them. 

There are 5 main steps to make this Vegan Baked Vada Pav

• Making of Dough
• Making of Potato Mixture
• Making of Chutney (Optional)
• Assembling and proofing the buns
• Baking

Step 1 – Making of Dough

For Dough I used my Eggless Indian Pav/Dinner Rolls recipe but modified it to make it vegan.  I replaced the butter with olive oil and the milk with water. The color of the pav might appear slightly pale due to this. All the remaining steps and procedures remain the same. Please refer to my recipe here Eggless Indian Pav/Dinner Rolls for making dough and replace milk with water and butter with olive oil if you want it vegan.

Step 2 – Making of Potato Mixture 

Again used the same recipe of Potato mixture for Homemade Vada Pav | Mumbai Special Vada Pav. Did not change anything here, so please refer to the recipe for making of potato mixture. 

Step 3 – Making of Spicy Vada Pao Chutney | Spicy Garlic and Red chilly Chutney 

I have used the recipe here for making the Spicy Garlic and Red chilly chutney. If you like to make green coriander chutney too, please refer to this recipe. The green chutney should not be watery or else the buns would soak.

Step 4 – Assembling and proofing the buns

The second last step is assembling the buns or pav. For this divide the dough into equal size balls. Roll each into 2-3 inch diameters. Simply pat them in your hand or on a flat board. Fill each with a teaspoon of Garlic and red chutney. If using green chutney add that too.

Next, add 2-3 tablespoons of potato mixture. Grab the edges and seal them properly. Now arrange it on a baking tray leaving some space in between for the balls to rise evenly. Let them rest for 1-1.5 hours or until double.

Step 5 – Baking 

Lastly, brush the buns with some water or vegan milk, or regular milk on the bread. Bake it in a preheated oven at 200 Deg C/ 390 Deg F for 20 mins.

How to reheat Baked Vada Pav

Reheating in a microwave

If reheating in a microwave, place it in a microwave along with half a cup of water. Microwave for 30-40 seconds on full power.

Reheating on a stovetop

If reheating on a stovetop, simply heat them on a griddle or a skillet on both sides until warm.

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