Home made Veg Pizza

Ingredients:
For Pizza Base

All Purpose Flour:-2 cups

Dry yeast:-2 gm (1/3rd of small sachet)

Salt:-1/2 tsp

Sugar:-1/4 tsp

For Pizza Sauce

Tomato Puree:-4 tbsp(Or Ketchup)

Olive oil:-3 tbsp

Dried oregano,dried basil powders:-1/4 tsp each

Coriander Powder:-1/2 tsp

Chopped Corinader leaves:-2 tbsp

Salt:-As per taste

For toppings:

Onions

Tomatoes

Capsicum(yellow,green,red,orange)

Green chillies/Jalepenos

Olives

Grated Mozerella Cheese

METHOD:

• Take a 1/2 cup luke warm water/milk and dissolve salt,yeast,sugar in it.Be careful not to dissolve yeast in hot water,for it will die.Use only lukewarm water.
• Add in the flour and little oil and make a smooth dough.
• Coat it with little oil and let it rest in a warm place(preferably oven,take care not to switch on the oven :-) )
• Dough becomes double its size in an hour.Then punch it down to remove the aeration and leave to rest for 2 hrs.
• Mean while prepare the pizza sauce.Heat little oil in a pan and add tomato puree and all the spice powders and salt to taste.
• Let it cook for 5-8 min and add chopped coriander and mix well.
• Cook till u get a thick sauce consistency.
• After 2 hrs,again punch down the dough a bit and spread it to form the base thick or thin as per the choice.
• Take a fork and punch the base so that the base absorbs the pizza sauce.
• Spread the pizza sauce and the toppings as per choice.
• Spread the grated cheese and add littleoil on top of pizza.
• Preheat the oven at 375 and bake the pizza till the cheese melts to a beautiful golden colour.
• Heat a tawa and transfer the pizza on to it and cook for 5 min on medium flame to get a crispy pizza base and to let the underneath cooked.
• Serve hot with ketchup.

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Collard Green Rice Casserole

Ingredients:

Collard Greens:-6-7 big leaves

Rice:-2 cups

Olive oil:-3 tbsp

Cumin seeds:-1/2 tsp

Curry leaves:-1 sprig

Mustard seeds:-1/2 tsp

Salt,chilli powder:-as per taste

Turmeric powder:-1/2 tsp

Green chillies:-4

METHOD:

• Wash and chop greens into small pieces.
• Cook rice with 3.5 cups of water and spread to dry.
• Heat oil in a big wok/casserole and add mustard,cumin,split chillies,curry leaves.
• Add chopped greens and cook covered for 10 min.
• Add salt,chilli powder,turmeric and fry till dry.
• Spread the rice on the greens fry and let it cook on low flame for 5 min.
• Mix well and adjust salt and serve hot.

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Pinapple Muffins

Ingredients:

All Purpose Flour:-1 cup

Powdered Sugar:-1 cup

Baking Powder:-1/2 tsp

Eggs:-2

Butter:-1 tbsp

Mixed nuts:-3 tbsp

Crushed Pinapple:-1/4 cup (or) Pinapple Essence:-5-6 drops

METHOD:

• Sift flour,sugar,baking powder all together.
• Soften butter and add the sifted mixture, beaten eggs,essense into it.
• Mix everything well into a smooth lumpless batter.
• Add chopped nuts and stir well.
• Fill in the muffin pan and bake it in preheated oven(375F) for 15-20 min or until done.(Dip a tooth pick and it shud come out clean if cake is done).
• Cool them on wire rack and serve warm.

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Adai Dosa/Mixed Lentil Crepe

Ingredients:
Rice:-2 cups
Toor dal:-1/4 cup
Channa dal:-1/4 cup
Urad dal:-1/4 cup

Moong Dal:-1/4 cup
Red chili:-5
Salt:-as per taste
Curry leaves:-10 chopped

METHOD:

• Wash and soak all dals and rice seperately for 5 hrs.
• Grind rice and dals along with curry leaves,salt and chillies to a smooth batter.
• Heat a dosa pan and spread a laddlefull and make a dosa.
• Spray little oil along edges and let it fry.
• Turn over and let it roast.
• Serve with coconut/Peanut chutney.

TIP:U may add chopped onions and chilles and make onion adai.

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Onion Pakoda

Ingredients:
Besan Flour:-3 tbsp

Onion:- 1 big
Curry leaves:-2 sprigs
Coriander:-half bunch
Green chillis:-5
Oil:-enough to deep fry
Salt:-as per taste
METHOD:

• Chop onions vertically into thin long slices.
• Chop chillies,coriander,curry leaves into fine pieces.
• Mix besan flour,chopped onions,chillies and leaves with little water.
• Onions should be just coated with a thin layer of besan mixture.
• Deep fry them in hot oil and drain excess oil on paper towel.
• Serve hot with tomato ketchup

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