PREP TIME; 2 HOURS 20 MIN
COOK TIME ;20 MIN
TOTAL TIME ; 2 HOURS 40 MIN
COOK TIME ;20 MIN
TOTAL TIME ; 2 HOURS 40 MIN
author: dassana
recipe type: snacks
cuisine: world
serves: 3-4
ingredients
for the pizza bread base:
- 3 cups whole wheat flour/atta
- 1 to 1.25 cups water
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1.5 or 2 tsp dry active yeast
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ tsp salt or as required
for the paneer tikka:
- 125-150 gms paneer, cubed
- 4 tbsp thick yogurt or hung curd
- 1 medium red, green or yellow bell pepper, diced or cubed
- 1 medium onion, quartered and layers separated
- 1 medium tomato, diced or cubed (optional)
- 3-4 garlic cloves + ½ inch ginger - made into a paste in a mortar-pestle
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp garam masala powder or tandoori masala
- ½ tsp carom seeds/ajwain
- ¼ to ½ tsp lemon juice
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- rock salt + black salt or regular salt, as required
for the pizza sauce:
- 2 medium tomatoes, pureed - yields approx 1 cup of tomato puree
- 3-4 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh basil leaves
- ½ to 1 tsp dry oregano or 1 tbsp chopped fresh oregano
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper as required - i added ½ tsp black pepper powder
topping extra:
- mozzarella cheese, grated - as required
- 7-8 pitted black olives, sliced (optional)
how to make the recipe:
preparing the pizza bread base:
- warm 1 cup water in a bowl.
- stir and dissolve the ½ tsp sugar in it.
- sprinkle the yeast and stir.
- cover and keep this mixture for 10-12 minutes at room temperature.
- after 10-12 minutes when the yeast mixture bubbles and froths, add 1 cup
- flour, salt and olive oil.
- stir the mixture well.
- then add another cup of flour and stir again.
- the flour mixture would begin to leave the sides of the flour.
- add the last cup of flour and begin to knead the bowl.
- working with your hands, knead the mixture, till you get a soft, smooth
- and elastic dough.
- if the dough appears dry, then add some water.
- if the dough is little sticky, its alright. but if too sticky then sprinkle some
- flour and continue to knead.
- rub some water all over the pizza bread dough and keep in a covered bowl for 1:30 to 2 hours.
preparing the paneer tikka:
- whisk the yogurt in a bowl till smooth and creamy.
- add all the ginger-garlic paste, carom seeds, salt, lemon juice and all the
- spice powders mentioned above.
- check the taste of the marination and add more salt or lemon juice or the
- spice powders if required
- chop the paneer into cubes.
- dice the onions, bell pepper and tomatoes.
- add the paneer cubes and the diced veggies to the yogurt sauce marinade.
- fold in gently so that the paneer and veggies are evenly coated with the
- marinade.
- cover and keep aside for minimum for 1 hour at room temperature. if
- keeping for more than 2 hours, then refrigerate.
preparing the basic pizza tomato sauce:
- rinse and then chop the tomatoes.
- puree the tomatoes in a blender or with a hand blender.
- heat olive oil in a small pan.
- then add the chopped garlic and saute for 10-12 seconds.
- add the tomato puree and saute for 3-4 mins.
- when the tomatoes are cooked, add the chopped basil, dry oregano, salt and pepper.
- simmer for 2-3 minutes more.
- keep the pizza sauce aside.
assembling the paneer tikka pizza:
- when the dough has doubled up and nicely leavened, then divide the dough into 2-3 parts. 2 parts of the pizza dough will give you a medium
- pizza and 3 parts will give you a small pizza.
- you can refrigerate the remaining dough if not using it immediately.
- grease the baking pan with olive oil and sprinkle some flour on it.
- preheat your oven to 250 degrees C atleast 20 minutes before you begin
- baking.
- roll the dough on a dusted work flour surface
- place the rolled dough on the greased baking pan or tray.
- brush some olive oil on the pizza base.
- next spread the tomato pizza sauce evenly.
- now top the pizza with the marinated paneer cubes, bell pepper, onions
- and tomatoes
- arrange the olive slices if using.
- sprinkle grated mozarella cheese on the top.
- bake the pizza in the oven for 15-20 minutes or more till the cheese has
- browned from top and the pizza base has been cooked.
- the paneer would also be cooked by then.
- remove and serve the paneer tikka pizza hot with tomato sauce