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Close up look of Vegan Baked Vada Pav cut into half and the inside filling and texture seen.

Vegan Baked Vada Pav

Vegan Baked Vada Pav or Potato stuffed Masala dinner rolls, a relatively healthy alternative to the famous fried street food, vada pav.
Prep Time: 16 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Resting Time: 3 hours
Servings: 16 Vada Pav

Ingredients

Dough - Refer recipe for dough here (Replace milk with water, and butter with olive oil for Vegan Rolls)

Spicy Red Chili Garlic Chutney - Refer Ingredients here

Assembling and proofing the buns

  • Water / Vegan Milk / Regular Milk If not vegan

Baking

  • Vegan Butter / Oil If not vegan

Instructions

Potato Mixture - Refer recipe here

    Spicy Red Chili Garlic Chutney - Refer recipe here

      Assembling and proofing the buns

      • Divide the dough into equal size portions. For one ball take around 70 grams of dough if you prefer measuring.
        Dough divided into balls
      • Flatten the dough between your palms.
        Shaping the pav for baked vada pav. Flatting of the dough balls on the palm.
      • Add around 1 teaspoon of Garlic and Red chili chutney and spread it leaving the edges.
        Adding of chutney in bread.
      • If using green coriander chutney add it too. The green chutney should not be watery or else the buns would soak.
      • Now add 2-3 tablespoons of potato mixture depending on the size of your bun. Do not overfill.
        Adding the potato filling in the dough balls.
      • Grab the edges and seal the pav or the bun all over.
        Sealing the potato and chutney filling in the dough,
      • Just roll the bun in between your palms to even it out.
        Sealing of the baked vada pav
      • Place the bun on a greased baking tray leaving some space in between.
        Arranging the stuffed dinner rolls in a tray.
      • Similarly, roll the remaining buns and place it on the baking tray.
        Vada Pav getting proofed in a baking tray.
      • Place it in a baking tray and let it proof for 1-1.5 hours until double.
        Vada Pav ready to be baked in a baking tray.

      Baking

      • Once done, preheat the oven to 200 Deg C/ 390 Deg F
      • Lightly brush the pav/buns with some water or vegan milk, or regular milk.
        Water / Vegan Milk / Regular Milk
      • Bake it in a preheated oven at 200 Deg C/ 390 Deg F for 20 mins.
      • Once done remove, and apply olive oil or butter (If not vegan) all over.
        Vegan Butter / Oil
      • Let it rest in the tray for 5 mins.
        Baked stuffed vada in a tray.
      • After 5 mins remove it and let it cool down completely on a rack.
      • Buns can be stored in a bread container or wrap it in a muslin cloth and keep it in a container. They stay moist.

      Notes

      • Standard US Size cups and spoons were used. 1 cup = 237 ml, 1 teaspoon = 5 ml
      • Baking time may vary slightly, depending on your oven temperature and size.