Friday, July 17, 2009

Guilt Free and Gorgeous

If you search I hate Pizza, you will be hard-pressed to find anyone who actually hates pizza – even my 21months old brat lovesssssssssssssss pissssssssssssssaaaaaaaa (that’s how he calls it). During our last vacation in June, every dinner you ask him ‘Yen tinnoNa iga naavu’? (Means what shall we have now?) he used to say pissssssssssssaaaa with the unaltered passion towards it J. He happily uses his tigger fork to finish his Green peas topped Margherita, dancing and singing and giving countless hugs and kisses to mama the day she make him a pissssssssaaaaa - so is the power of Pizza :)! I really sometimes feel saaru anna – mosaru anna (rasam rice and curd rice) also had the look and feel of a Pisssssaaa :-p
Well, yesterday we made Supreme Veggie Pizza with a freshly made base. I am not sure if baking the base @ home is common; we always have made this way and enjoyed the thin crust pizzas. The advantages of making a pizza at home is – the base used here is wheat flour, veggies can be added according to our personal preferences and also the availability in that particular region. You could also have a hold on the fat content and enjoy the pizzaaa. Traditionally the base of the pizza is plain, but it can be seasoned with garlic, herbs or even stuffed with cheese.
We concluded that it was a Restaurant quality & budget price. Ahhh…the pleasure of cooking a menu that’s as good as a meal out and satisfyingly cheaper too. The secret of success is Triple tested recipes, a foolproof time plan and the best ingredients.
So why not make your own delicious pizza with this easy to use mix? I suspect it’ll become a firm favorite with you too!
Here goes the procedure to make your own Pizza

Ingredients
Pizza Base Mix – 1Pkt (I use the 1 that we get in morrisons)
Green Peppers chopped – 1
Red Peppers chopped – ½
Tomatoes chopped – 1
Onions chopped – 1
Green chillies finely chopped – 1
Babycorn slit lengthwise – 4 to 5
Jalapenos as per taste (u can add more if u want to have a spicy pizza)
Handful of sweetcorn kernels
Tomato sauce with herbs (I use napolina sauce)
Mozarella cheese
Lukewarm water

Method

  • Empty one sachet of pizza base mix into a bowl. Add 100ml of lukewarm water, mix to a smooth dough.
  • Knead for 5min on a floured surface. Roll dough out into a circle of about 10inch diameter & carefully place it on a baking tray for an Italian style pizza or a greased 8inch cake tin for a deep pan pizza.
  • Leave in a warm place for 15minutes or until well risen.
  • Mix all the vegetables in a bowl.
  • Spread the sauce generously on the base and sprinkle some grated cheese.
    Add the toppings & cover it up with some more cheese.
  • Preheat your oven to 200deg centigrade and carefully slide the pizza base onto the stone and bake for about 15-20min or till cheese melts and turns into golden brownish in colour.
Now ready to eat yummy yummy pizzzzzaaaaaaa

Have a colourful weekend!!!

12 comments:

  1. the pisssssssaaaaaaaa looks yummy :) - the method preparation indicated shows so simple - once we would try!

    thanks for making me more hungry :)

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  2. Thanks for your encouraging comments Sir :)!

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  3. u r the best cook ever :)..i just love whatever u do toooooooo much :)..

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  4. Hey thanks a lot raks ;)

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  5. Excellent Dish. I appreciated only after having taste of it . U KNOW I happen to be at GIB on my holiday trip Rash offered P I Z Z AA NOT FOR TEAST to EAT Stomach full in fact I was hesitating to eat it or not why this doubt has occurred to me ? my great experience with this DISH IS, WE Recall OUR visit to Paris in 1986 I was in Paris on my official trip during our visit to many places in Paris we had less time where we could not sit & eat comfortably than we have decided take some thing across road side FAST FOOD RESTOURANT AT Champs Elise’s street WE got in to the place & ordered the food WHAT? THE famous PIZZAA. That was only available for vegetarians it was my bad experience difficult explain hence I have decided NO MORE EATING THIS STUFF Forever but RASHMI HAS CHANGED MY DAICISSION. I am grateful to her this particular dish was extremely good & MOUTH Watering it is LOW fat ingredients & full of vegetables HOME MADE. I Suggest all vegetarians can make & eat I congratulate her to bringing this on ABHI RUCHI blogger I am great full to her for changing my decisions. SRIPADA RAO.

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  6. Excellent Dish. I appreciated only after having taste of it. U KNOW I happen to be at GIB on my holiday trip, Rashmi offered PIZZAA NOT FOR Taste to EAT Stomach full in fact I was hesitating to eat it or not why this doubt has occurred to me ? My great experience with this DISH IS, WE Recall OUR visit to Paris in 1986 I was in Paris on my official trip. During our visit to many places in Paris we had less time where we could not sit & eat comfortably then we decided to take some thing road side FAST FOOD Restaurant at Champs Elise’s street. We got in to the place & ordered the food… The famous PIZZAA. That was only available for vegetarians. It was my bad experience difficult to explain hence I decided NO MORE EATING THIS STUFF forever but RASHMI HAS CHANGED MY DECISION. I am grateful to her, this particular dish was extremely good & MOUTH Watering. It is HOME MADE, LOW fat ingredients & full of vegetables. I Suggest all vegetarians can make & eat, I congratulate her to bringing this on ABHI RUCHI blog. I am grateful to her for changing my decisions.

    SRIPADA RAO.

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  7. Excellent Dish. I appreciated only after having taste of it. U KNOW I happen to be at GIB on my holiday trip, Rashmi offered PIZZAA NOT FOR Taste to EAT Stomach full in fact I was hesitating to eat it or not why this doubt has occurred to me ? My great experience with this DISH IS, WE Recall OUR visit to Paris in 1986 I was in Paris on my official trip. During our visit to many places in Paris we had less time where we could not sit & eat comfortably then we decided to take some thing road side FAST FOOD Restaurant at Champs Elise’s street. We got in to the place & ordered the food… The famous PIZZAA. That was only available for vegetarians. It was my bad experience difficult to explain hence I decided NO MORE EATING THIS STUFF forever but RASHMI HAS CHANGED MY DECISION. I am grateful to her, this particular dish was extremely good & MOUTH Watering. It is HOME MADE, LOW fat ingredients & full of vegetables. I Suggest all vegetarians can make & eat, I congratulate her to bringing this on ABHI RUCHI blog. I am grateful to her for changing my decisions.

    SRIPADA RAO.

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  8. Hey Rashmi..this looks so yummy..defintely I m gonna try..same case in our home too..lil one luves pissa..but we r bored with 2-3 same veggie pizza which we get here..
    btw thanks for ur comment in my blog..im adding u to my list..
    Vanitha

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  9. Hi Sripada Rao,

    Nice to hear that you enjoyed your pizza during your holiday trip which eventually masked your previous bad experience. Thank you for your wishes :)

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  10. @ Vanitha,

    Glad you liked it, do let me know how turns out :). Thanks for adding me to ur list :)

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  11. Hi,
    Pwhat constitues pizza base here in India it is usually maida based but you have written abt wheatbase pls elaborate, can I substitute red chillies avlbl in india for Jalapenos

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  12. my sister Rashmi is so talented ever..... such awsome dishes such cute photos of those dishes

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