Pavbhaji Pizza

     After all, we have all heard this..."East is East and West is West and never twain shall meet..." But I beg to differ when it comes to Pavbahjai Pizza!!! Yes, today's fusion recipe is again about pizza with some Indian street food touch. For most Desis, Pavbahji is a well-known dish that most of us have feasted on childhood, even though the recipe might vary slightly in every household. And, Pizza???... hummm again, the most favorite in all over in the world. The combination is just mouth watering!! So let's try two such diverse foods in the same breath. Believe me, it will be royal pizza treat for you.

" Fusion food as a concept is kind of trying to quite consciously fuse things that are sometimes quite contradictory, sometimes quite far apart, to see if they'd work."
Ingredients:
1cup Pavbhaji (just bhaji)
2thin Pizza crust/base
1cup Grated Mozzarella Cheese(I used Amul cheese)
1/2cup Chopped Onions-Cilantro
1/2 Fresh Lemon
For green chili sauce;
5-6 Fresh Jalapeño Peppers(or any green chilies, according to how much spicy you want)
2 Cloves Garlic
1tbls Oil
Salt to taste
Method:
For green chili sauce;
* Crush the Jalapeño peppers along with garlic.( Crush roughly, don't make smooth paste)
* Heat the oil in a pan.
* Add roughly crushed green chilies and garlic.
* Add Salt and cover and cook for about 3-4 minutes on medium flame.
* Stir it in between.
* Turn off the stove and keep this sauce on side.

For Pavbhaji Pizza;
* Pre heat oven on 350 F.
* Take a Pizza crust(base) and spread half green chili sauce on it.

 

* Adjust green chili sauce according to your taste.
* Spread bhaji of pavbhaji on the sauce evenly.

 

* Sprinkle the cheese on it.

* Sprinkle chopped onions-cilantro on it.

 * Bake it in oven for 10-15 minutes.

* Pizza crush should get crispy.

* Squeeze some fresh lemon juice on top of the pizza. 

* Serve yummy Pavbhaji Pizza immediately.
* Repeat the same method, and make another pizza by using second Pizza crust(base).

Enjoy!!!!!

  " Creativity is a function of leadership", so be creative in food and always be leader in family:)
Happy Cooking and Keep Calm and Scary On, Ill be back for 'Trick or Treat'.......
 
 

Kachori Pizza

   Hello, I’m back again with kid’s favorite Pizzas!!!! Yes, but this Pizza has some twist and turns.. This pizza has some Indian taste too, so of course it’s my all time favorite Fusion Recipe.

  There are countless ways to create Pizza, as well as a never-ending debates on the best way of cooking it..:) As it moved into different societies, pizza came to mean different things to different people, taking on more significance than a simple snack perhaps ought to have.

     Like many other foods, now pizza also has humble origins and was consumed by the poor and working class, in all most every country. Through it’s versatility, Pizza became convenient these days. And because of versality, Pizza became popular around the world because one could top Pizza with just about any ingredient and still call it Pizza.

     So let us start, one of Indian fusion variation of Pizza. ‘Kachori Pizza’, I guess name is enough for you guys to understand about ingredients, so let’s move forward to the recipe now.

Ingredients:

To make kachori Topping::

1 Cup Crushed toover Lilva or Green soyabeans or Green peas

¼Cup Shredded coconut

Pinch of turmeric

Pinch of Asafetida

2tbls Oil

¼ tsp Mustard seeds

¼ tsp sesame seeds

¼ tsp Sauf

½ tbls Green chili and garlic paste

¼ tsp Cinnamon and clove powder

Few Raisins

½ tbls Lemon juice

¾ tbls Sugar

1tbls Chopped cilantro

Salt to taste.

For Assemble Pizza:::

1 Loaf of French bread

2tbls Olive Oil

½ cup Pizza sauce

¾ to 1 Cup shredded Mozzarella cheese

Some chopped cilantro and green chilies.

Method:

*For Kachori Topping;;

Heat the pan, add oil in it. Add mustard seeds and asafetida powder. Add green chili and garlic paste. Saute for a minute. Add crushed toover lilva and stir well. Add shredded coconut along with sesame seeds, turmeric powder, cinnamon and clove powder, salt and sauf and raisins. Stir and sauté for at least 6-8 minutes. Add chopped cilantro in last and turn off the stove. Add sugar and lemon juice. Mix well. Adjust sugar, salt and lemon juice according to your taste. Let it cool for a while.

*For assemble Pizza;;

Cut the French bread in two lengthwise slices. Place both slices of bread on greased baking tray.

Brush olive oil on the bread.

Spread pizza sauce on bread.

Top it with kachori stuff to evenly cover the sauce.

Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese.Finally sprinkle chopped cilantro and green chilies.

Preheat oven on 350*c.

Bake pizza in oven for about 10-15 Minutes or until bread crush get crispy and the cheese melts and starts bubbling.

Remove from oven.

Cut into piece and serve hot.

               

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