Saturday, July 31, 2010

Healthy Pizza modified for spice lovers

Me & my husband....We are trying to reduce weight,so I am always finding substitute for all purpose flour.Thats why I made this Pizza with Wheat & Soya flour.


Ingredients...



For Base :-
Whole wheat flour : 1 & 1/2 cup
Soya flour :  2 tbsp
Wheat bran : 2 tbsp
Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 1 tbsp
Active dry yeast : 1 & 1/2 tsp
Salt : 1 tsp
Sugar : 1 tsp
Milk : 1 cup


For sauce :-
Tomato : 2 medium
Onion : 1 medium
Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 2 tbsp
Garlic : 4/5 cloves
Chili Powder : 1 tsp
Coriander powder : 1 tbsp
fennel powder : 1 tbsp
cumin powder : 1tsp


For Green Chutney :-

Olive oil(or any vegetable oil) : 1 tsp
Green chilli : 2
Cilantro Finely chopped : 1 cup

 For Toppings :-
Carrot : 1
Bell pepper: 1
Tomato: 1
Onion : 1
Sweet corn : 1/2 cup
Cilantro : Just for garnishing
Low Fat mozzarella cheese (grated) : 1 cup 

Procedure...

For base :-
  1. Warm 1/2 cup milk.  Add yeast,sugar and salt. Cover & set aside for 15 mins.
  2. Till then Mix whole wheat flour,wheat bran,1tbsp oil and soy flour % preheat the oven for 200 F.
  3. Add frothy yeast & 1/2 cup milk to a mixture above & knead into soft dough.
  4. Add  milk if required.
  5. Leave the dough covered with a damp cloth in a preheated ,turned off oven for about 1 hour.
  6. When you let the dough rest the aeration is uneven so take it out of oven & just kneed again for a min.
  7. Again keep the dough in a oven for a hour.You will see dough is about double in volume. 
  8. Dough bubbles like this
  9. If you want thin crust pizza then divide dough into 2, roll out each portion into thin 12 inch discs. If you want thick soft pizza then don't divide dough just roll out into 12 inch thick discs. 
  10. Keep in preheated oven for 550 F for 7 min(for thin crust pizza) / 12 min(for thick soft pizza)
  11.  Prick the base with a fork all over... your base is ready.

For sauce :-
  1. Make a paste of onion garlic & tomato separately.
  2. Heat olive oil in a pan.
  3. Add  onion and garlic paste, stir-fry briefly and add tomato paste. 
  4. Add salt to taste, red chilly powder,cumin powder, fennel powder, Coriander powder
  5. Simmer for about five minutes on medium heat or till it reaches a thick dropping consistency.
For green chutney :-
  1. Add 1tsp oil in pan fry chopped green chillies in pan
  2. Grind these chillies with cilantro
For topping :-
  1. Spread butter on pizza base then sauce & then chutney,
  2. Top it with sliced onion,tomato,carrot and green capsicum strips. 
  3. Finally sprinkle grated low-fat mozzarella cheese to evenly cover the pizza top. Brush with olive oil. 
  4. Garnish with cilantro & sweet corns
Place it on greased ovenproof tray and bake in the preheated oven at 550 F for about 5 minutes or until the cheese melts and starts bubbling. 
Remove from oven, cut into six or eight pieces and serve hot.

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