Preparation Time : 50 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serving : 4 members
Description
Pizza . One among the international dishes i got to know as a kid . During our holidays my brother and myself were given pocket money of 15 rupees each every day . Which was used for 2 movie video tapes and a pizza or a burger from J.M English bakery in Coimbatore. So most of pizza eating was done with J.M Bakery’s pizza’s.The word pizza brings another hilarious thing that happened when i had an outing with my childhood friend alamu and her sisters. We went out to an eat out place to have a brunch.All were busy ordering whatever wanted. One of us ordered a pizza.While we were waiting for our order to come, we just went through once again as what each of us had ordered. Some one told pizza’s as 2 of us ordered pizza. My friend alamus little sister meena started crying out loud. We not knowing why she is crying started consoling her.Then meena told i am scared of pisasu (meaning ghost in tamil)she thought pizza’s were pisasu.We all burst out laughing and till date we call Meena pisasu. While in roam on a holiday my first thing to do in my list was to eat a pizza.Went to a small place where they had huge trays on one side of the store filled with trays of different flavoured pizza’s. Being on the safer side asked for a vegetarian pizza.The lady asked me how many centimetres ? I was like centimetres ?????? sounded wired but that’s how pizza’s are sold in italy as they bake huge trays of pizza and each person gets their share in centimetres.
Ingredients for Pizza
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Yeast | 1 tablespoon ( good quality must for good results ) |
| Oil | 1/4 cup |
| Maida | 1 1/2 cup |
| Warm water | 1 tablespoon |
| Salt | 1/2 teaspoon |
| Egg | 1 |
| Sugar | 30 grams |
| Milk | 1/4 cup |
Method for Pizza
- Dissolve yeast in warm water with 1/4 teaspoon sugar and 1/4 teaspoon maida .
- Keep covered with a wet cloth for 10 minutes to ferment . Beat egg , oil , sugar and salt together in a bowl .
- Pour milk at boiling point to the bowl (of egg , oil , sugar and salt ) and mix well with a wooden spoon till sugar dissolves .Seive maida .
- Add maida in small quantities to the milk egg mixture along with fermented yeast mix and knead to a smooth dough .
- Don’t have to add all the maida , when the dough is soft , stop adding maida . Knead well . Place the dough in an oiled bowl .
- Cover with a wet cloth and set aside for proving for 30 -40 minutes . Roll out into big circles on a greased tray .
- Keep aside for another 5 minutes and then bake till light brown at 200 degree Celsius . Take out . Cool to room temperature .
- Spread the filling and put bake for baking for another 5 – 10 minutes till cheese melts .
Ingredients for Filling
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Tomato | 1/2 kg ( blanched , peeled and blended ) |
| Capsicum | 2 chopped , ( green 1 , red 1 ) |
| Onion | 2 chopped |
| Egg | 1 |
| Celery | 2 stalks chopped |
| Spring onion | 2 chopped |
| Baby corn | 1/4 cup cut into thin circles |
| Olives | 1 tablespoon sliced |
| Garlic | 8 flakes ground |
| Ginger | 1 inch piece ground |
| Chilli powder | 1 teaspoon |
| Sugar | 1 teaspoon |
| Oregano | 2 teaspoons |
| Cheese grated | 100 grams |
| Butter | 1 teaspoon |
| Tomato sauce | 1 tablespoon |
| Sausage , chicken , mutton or paneer | 1 cup shredded ( optional ) |
| Tomato puree | 1/4 cup |
| Chilli flakes | to taste |
| Egg white | 1 seasoned with salt and pepper to taste and beaten , |
| Olive oil | 2 tablespoon |
Method for Filling
- Heat olive oil add onion and fry for a minute , top with ginger and garlic paste .
- Once crisp add capsicum , celery , spring onion , salt , oregano and baby corn and sauté for a minute . Remove from flame and set aside .
- Heat the blended tomato , chilli powder , sugar ,salt and tomato purée together to get a thick sauce . Add tomato sauce and cool down completely to to room temperature .
- Add a beaten egg and mix well . Taste and adjust . Spread this sauce over the pizza base .
- Sprinkle with 3/4 of the cheese , spread the onion , capsicum mixture over . Top with sliced olives and sausages , mutton , chicken or paneer of your choice .
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over . Dot with butter and brush with egg white and bake in a preheated oven for 5 – 6 minutes .
- When cheese melts , remove , cut into wedges and serve hot garnished with oregano and chilli flakes .
