Naan Pizza- Global Kadai

12:40 Niloufer Riyaz 3 Comments

This month's challenge for global kadai was interesting and also challenging, Indian Flavoured Pizza.
It was a long time since I made naan and I thought why not convert it into a pizza with our favorite tandoori paneer and Indianised sauce. Voila! here is Naan Pizza and it turned out beautifully. Its a sinfully rich pizza loaded with a rich tomato sauce, paneer and mozerella cheese.Though the process looks lengthy you will be able to complete everything by the time the dough rises. I made a large family sized pizza, you can also make regular shaped pizza. I made  Microwave Tandoori Paneer which Ive posted earlier. Sending this Tasty Tasty pizza to Global Kadai  event guest hosted by Lavi event by Cilantro. and to Champa's Bake-off event



You need:

For Pizza Base ( NAAN):
All purpose flour                       250gms
Instant Yeast                             10gms
Sugar                                        1tsp
Curd                                          1tbsp
Ghee                                         1tbsp
Salt

For Tomato Sauce:
Tomato                                     2nos
Onion(small)                              1nos
Garlic                                         2cloves
Clove                                          1nos
Cardamom                                 1nos
Cinnamon                                   1nos
Chilli powder                              1/2tsp
Cashew paste                             1 1/2tbsp
Tomato Sauce                             2tbsp
Kasuri methi                                1/4tsp
Salt

For topping:

Tandoori Paneer                       2 recipe
Capsicum (cubed)                    1/4cup
Onion (cubed)                          1/4cup                                    
Chilli flakes                               1tbsp
Mozerella cheese                      2oogms (shredded)
Butter                                       50gms



Preparation:

For pizza base NAAN:

Mix the yeast and sugar in half a teacup of warm water.
Mix the flour, curd, ghee, yeast, salt together and knead to a smooth dough adding little warm water to knead.
Knead for 10 minutes and cover the dough with a wet cloth keep it in a warm place for an hour.

For the Sauce:

Cook the onion, tomato,garlic, clove, cinnamon, cardamom and chilli powder, salt in 1 cup of water for 10-15minutes till the tomatoes and onions are soft.
Cool, Discard the clove, cinnamon and cardamom and grind the rest to a puree. Strain and return to boil add the rest of the ingredients  and simmer for 10 minutes. The sauce should be thick.

To Assemble:
Prepare the Paneer and in the remaining marinade toss in the onions and capsicum and microwave high for 2 minutes.
Roll out the dough. Grease the pan/ plate with butter so as not to stick. You can also cover it with aluminium foil and grease with butter for east cleaning purpose.
Apply butter on one side of the dough and place them on the prepared pan buttered side down.
Now roll the corners a little to make it a round shape and create a little dent. Apply butter in the dent and on the rolled sides. then apply rhe sauce evenly  and sprinkle the shredded cheese. top it with paneer, capsicum and onion, Sprinkle chilli flakes and Grill them till the sides are brown and crisp.
Since I made a large sized pizza The grilling time was 14 minutes. For regular size the time may vary between 8-10 minutes





Enjoy them hot! as they are PERFECT PIZZA FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS

3 comments:

Priya Suresh said...

Thats a tempting and fantastic Indianized pizza..droolworthy dish!

Champa said...

Looks so yummy. Thanks for the entry.

R said...

this looks really yummy!