Pizza with an Indian Twist

Pizza with an Indian taste

Here I have given the recipe in three main steps i.e to make the base, the sauce and the topping

Ingredients

For the base

All purpose flour/ maida-  2 cups

Yeast ( dry yeast)-  1 tsp.

Sugar  - 1 tsp

Luke warm milk ( whole or low fat) - 1/4 cup

Olive oil - 1tbsp.

Salt to taste

For the sauce

• Tomatoes -3
• Olive oil- 1 tbsp.
• Garlic cloves ( chopped)- 2 
• Oregano- 1 tsp.
• Pepper  and Salt to taste

For the topping

• Chicken breast ( cut into small cubes)- 300g
• Lemon juice- 1/2 of a lemon
• Kashmiri chili powder- 1 tsp.
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Olive oil - 1 tbsp.
• Tomato -1
• Ginger finely chopped -1 small piece
• Garlic chopped - 2 cloves
• Kasoori methi, Chaat masala and Garam masala a pinch each
• Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp.
• Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp.

For the final step in preparing the pizza

•  Half of a Red capsicum chopped
• Half of a Green capsicum chopped
• Half of an Onion Sliced
• A little coriander leaves chopped
• Mozzarella cheese grated - 200g

Method

• Add a teaspoon of sugar and dry yeast to the luke warm milk and keep aside for fermenting for 10- 15 minutes.
• Add the fermented yeast, a table spoon of olive oil and enough salt  to the flour.
• Then add just enough water to knead it to a soft dough.  Cover it with a wet kitchen towel and keep aside for fermenting for half an hour.
• Pre heat oven on 180 degree Celsius.
• Blanch the three tomatoes, remove the skin and grind it to a fine paste.
• Heat a table spoon of olive oil in a thick bottom pan sauté chopped garlic for a couple of minutes and add the tomato puree.  Simmer it till the puree gets cooked and the volume gets reduced to half.  Now add enough salt and pepper and also the oregano kept for the sauce.  Mix well and keep aside.
• Marinate the chicken with Lemon juice, salt, chili powder and turmeric powder and keep aside for 15 - 30 minutes.
• Blanch a tomato and make it into a paste.
• Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, sauté chopped garlic and ginger and add the marinated chicken.
• When the color of the chicken turns slightly add the tomato puree and cover and cook it.
• When the chicken gets cooked and the water  gets evaporated ( about 10 -12 minutes ), add kasoori methi, chaat masala, garam masala and cumin powder. Mix well and switch off the stove.
• Apply butter on a 14 inch pizza pan.  Take the fermented dough kept for the base and roll it round. 
• Transfer it to the prepared pan, use your hand to press it to fit the pizza pan.
• Apply the sauce evenly on top of the dough and spread the chicken topping on top.
• Spread evenly the capsicums, onion and coriander leaves on top. Finally spread the cheese.
• Bake it on  the preheated oven for 12- 15 minutes.
• Slice it with a pizza cutter and Enjoy!!