No Yeast No Oven Vegetable Pizza

In this tough time of lock down, it is really impossible and tough to order pizza from outside considering the health and safety. What if I say that pizza can be made easily at home without even an oven. Yes!!!!! This pizza turned out super amazing and soft with all the favorite toppings. Trust me... This was as good as any dominoes or Pizza hut Pizza and yet pocket friendly. This is made with homemade pizza and pasta sauce which is also super easy to make. Homemade is always bliss and gives you the best satisfaction one can ever get. In this recipe, I have used roasted garlic powder,parsley and oregano for a additional flavor to make the base. You can very well skip it if you want the base to be plain. But trust me, this adds lovely flavor to the crust.

Serves: 2 Pizzas

Ingredients

For the Dough

1. All purpose Flour - 2 cups
2. Curd/Yogurt - 1/4 cup
3. Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp
4. Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
5. Salt - 1/2 tsp
6. Oil - 2 tbsp (Vegetable or olive oil)
7. Roasted Garlic Powder - 2 tsp (Optional)
8. Parsley - 1 tsp
9. Oregano - 1 tsp
10. Water - 3/4 cup
11. Sugar - 1 tsp

For the Toppings

1. Homemade Pizza and Pasta Sauce - As needed to spread
2. Mozzarella Cheese - cubed or grated ( 1.5 cups )
3. Red chili powder / Paprika powder/ Red chili flakes- 1 tsp for each pizza(as per taste)
4. Oregano seasoning/ Mixed Italian Seasoning - as per taste
5. Veggies of your choice - Jalapenos,Baby corn,Olives,Tomatoes,capsicum,corn,onion (as show in the picture)

                                    

Method

1. Add the dry ingredients and wet ingredients mentioned under the "Dough" and combine well. Knead nicely for 5 mins into a pliable soft dough. The real trick lies in the kneading for pizza to come out really soft. Sieve the flour, baking powder and soda to get rid of any particles so that the dough is smooth. Cover with a moist cloth and keep it aside for about an hour.

                                        


2. Roll it into a flat round shape as shown in the picture. I have not created a dent in my recipe, however you can create a dent so that it resembles of Restaurant Pizza. Prick the pizza base with forks as shown below. This helps the base to be cooked uniformly and inside as the steam is circulated through the holes.

                                                


3. Place the pizza base on a non stick pan. I made a mistake of using a cast iron pan and the base got slightly hard. However, non stick gives a perfect finish.

Base made by cooking on a non stick pan

4. After placing the base on non stick pan, apply pizza sauce generously.

                                     


5. Add all your favorite toppings uniformly. I have just added it randomly as it was just me and my husband who are gonna eat it:P This was a tip from my friend, ensure all 4 slices have all the toppings distributed equally so that everybody gets a bite of all the toppings. So start placing the toppings equally and uniformly so that when you cut them into 4 slices, it is divided equally and NOT like this one:)

6. Add lavish amount of mozzarella cheese cubes (grated or cubed) over the pizza along with some oregano, Italian herbs and red chili flakes sprinkled as per taste. Sooooo Cheeesy!!! and cover it with a lid. Allow the pan to simmer (full low flame) for 8 mins.

                                     

7. After 8 mins, remove the pizza from the pan and transfer to plate :):) Slice it and enjoy this simple Pan to Plate Pizza that is yummy and Cheesyyyyy !!!

8. You can also pre - cook the base alone as mentioned in the above step. Do not flip it. Cook by covering the lid on one side on low flame for 8 mins. After it cools down, store in Zip lock covers.

9. Add the pizza sauce, toppings,cheese and microwave it until the cheese melts. Serve it hot :) So Easy :)

Pre Cooking the base in advance

Tawa Top Paneer Tikka

This is a very special dish and very close to my heart.This was the first recipe I made for my husband and indeed gained all his appreciation.His most favorite dish among all is paneer tikka.My family says that this remains my signature dish till date.Well,I am really not an expert and all.As long as people love our dish and enjoy it.. All of us are super Chefs :)!!!! I have made this in a very simple way using non-stick tawa. I have also managed to click some pictures for better understanding.Do try out this and let me know ::)!!!

Yields: 12 small tikkas

Ingredients:

1. Panneer/Cottage Cheese-200 gms *I used milk mist panneer
2. Capsicum/Bell Pepper-1 (large size Green,Red or Yellow)
3. Tomato-2 (medium sized)
4. Onion-2(medium sized)

Marinade Ingredients

1. Fresh Thick yogurt-1.5 cups
2. Besan/Gram flour-1/4 cup
3. Butter-2 tbsp
4. Turmeric - 1.5 tsp
5. Red Chili Powder - 2 tsp
6. Coriander Powde/Dhaniya - 2 tsp
7. Pani Puri Masala/ Chat Masala Powder - 2 tsp *Secret Ingredient*
8. Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
9. Garam Masala-2 tsp
10. Kasuri Methi/dry fenugreek leaves - 2 tsp (Crushed)
11. Lemon extract/juice-2 tsp
12. Oil-2 tsp
13. salt to taste

Method

1. Cut the paneer into cubes as shown in the picture.Also, cut the capsicum,tomato and onion into medium sizes for skewing.

2. Roast the gram flour in butter until you get a nice nutty flavor on a medium flame.

3. Mix the roasted gram flour with all other ingredients mentioned under marinade into a smooth batter.

4. Coat the paneer and veggies with the prepared marinade.Keep it aside for 1/2 hour.

5. Heat oil in a non stick pan and place these marinated paneer and veggies on a medium flame.

6. Once they are fried on one side, flip them carefully and fry the other sides until they become nice golden brown.

7. Remove them from tawa/pan and skew it in a tooth pick.

8. Serve the paneer tikka hot with mint chutney or tomato sauce.

Notes,Tips & Add-On's

Pani Puri powder is the secret ingredient that I use when I make paneer tikka. This gives a unique street food flavor that tastes magical.Alternatively, you can use a tsp of chat masala powder in the marinade.