Pizza Apne Desh Ka (Indian Style Pizza)

 

I used to prepare this version before blogging n shared with lot of friends n whoever tried it have fallen in love with it. The sauce is made with all Indian ingredients which suits our taste buds.It can be prepared quickly before making the pizza or store it for a couple of days.We always enjoy this version n hope you too.

Ingredients for Pizza sauce

• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 cup chopped tomatos
• 1/4 cup chopped bell pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped cilatro
• 1 tsp chopped chillies
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt to taste

Cooking Procedure

Heat oil in a pan ,add add onion ,garlic n chillis saute for a min then add bell pepper n fry for a min .Now add tomatos ,cilantro n cook till tomato become soft ,now add coriander powder, cumin powder,salt n ketchup n let it cook for one more min n switch off the flame n let it cool .After it cools make a coarse paste n keep aside (Note if ur tomatos r not juicy add 1/4 cup water after tomatos cook n before adding masala)

 

Ingredients for Topping

• 1 cup diced mushroom
• 1 cup diced cottage cheese(cut them to 1cm cube)
• 1 cup diced bell pepper(all colors)
• 1/2 cup sweet corn
• 1/2 tsp chill powder
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp chat masala
• 1 tbsp kasuri methi
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Mix all the above ingredient except oil and marinate them for 20 min. After 20 min heat oil in a pan ,add all these veggies n stir fry on high flame for 4 min n shift it to a plate

Ingredients for Pizza Dough

• 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour+tbsp for dusting
• 1 tbsp yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 3 tsp oilve oil + 1 tsp to coat the dough

In a big bowl add yeast,sugar,salt n warm water let it sit for 10 min. It will become foamy. Then add oil Then add flour slowly 1/2 cup at a time n stir with spatula. Then take it make it into a ball(It shpuld be little bit sticky than usual). Grease it with oil cover with a damp cloth n let it sit for 1 hr.

After a hour or till the dough become double.Take it out n punch it in the center to take all the air out.Again make the dough to a round shape let it sit for 30 min.

Pizza Assembly

After 30 min take the dough to a floured surface n divide the dough into 2 parts n with a rolling pin spread it into a circle to the size of the pan. shift it to pan and adjust according to that and press the dough toward the edges to give a nice crust.I prepared one medium size n one pan size pizza.let it rest for 10 min.

Preheat the oven to 400 with silicone sheet/or a pizza stone in the lower rack

Take the the pizza base n spread the pizza sauce on the pizza dough base ,spread the toppings and sprinkle cheese on top of it n apply oil to the edge with a brush.

Baking the Pizza

Bake the pizza for ten minutes after which remove from pan n shift it directly to the silicone baking sheet/pizza stone n increase the temperature to 450 F n bake for another 5 min. Your pizza is ready!! Serve warm after 10 min.

Note: Temperature may vary from oven to oven so make sure to keep looking at it. Once it starts to change color to light golden brown remove it.

To make pizza crispy you can keep for another min.

If you wish to thin crust pizza then you have use lesser dough or bigger pan. You can use any baking pan it need not be a pizza pan. I used pie pan for my pizza.

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