Home Made Pizza- No oven

A rainy evening always has its spicy influence on us. We all want to have some hot & spicy food. But that day, my friends wanted to sleep & enjoy the rainy evening (how!!!). But I did not want to waste such a lovely evening alone, watching cartoons. So I planned to make something which will help me to wake up my sleeping friends. 

After preparing this, when I brought that to the drawing room, all my friends started to come one by one & we really had a great chit-chat-laugh evening.

This is my 1st time work on pizza & also without an oven. It was crispy & good. I did not know that without an oven we can make a pizza so well. So if you do not have an oven or your oven is not working for some reason, you can still enjoy your pizza :)

Hope to get some feedback if you like the recipe :)

Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

For Pizza Dough: 

1 1/2 cups warm water

1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder (you can use dried yeast)

1 1/2 cups refined flour

1 Tbsp refined oil

1 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon sugar

1 teaspoon ginger paste

(Home Made) Pizza Sauce:

1/2 cup Tomato puree

Black pepper powder

salt to taste

1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 cups tomato chopped fine (blanch & peel, remove seeds & chopped)

6-8 black pepper, crushed

1 small onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, chopped

1 tbs refined/olive oil

dried oregano

2 fresh basil leaves

For toppings:

Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese, shredded

Mushrooms, thinly sliced

Bell peppers, stems and seeds removed, thinly sliced

Chopped fresh basil

Onions, thinly sliced

Method:

Making the Pizza Dough

1. If using yeast, in the large bowl add the warm water. Sprinkle on the yeast and let sit for 5 minutes until the yeast is dissolved. Stir to dissolve completely if needed at the end of 5 minutes.

2 Mix in the olive oil, yeast mixture (in my case I used baking powder), flour, salt and sugar and knead into a soft dough. If the dough seems a little too wet, sprinkle on a bit more flour.

3. Cover the dough with a damp cloth & leave to rest in a warm place for about 45min or until the dough is approximately double in size.(If you don't have a warm spot in the house you can heat a pan for 6min on high flame and then turn off. Let the pan cool till it is just a little warm, then place the bowl of dough in this warmed pan to rise.)

4. Knead the dough again & cover with a damp cloth & leave to stand for 10-15mins.

5. Divide the dough into two portions & roll out the dough into 6inch rounds. Prick all over with a fork.

6. Sprinkle some cornmeal on the pan. Gently place one pizza on the pan & bake for 3-4min on medium flame.

Preparing Pizza Sauce:

1. Heat oil in a pan. Add garlic & a large pinch of oregano & saute for 1/2 min.

2. Add the onion & saute till translucent. 

3. Add chopped tomato & mix till all the moisture has evaporated.

4. Add tomato puree & cook for another 5-8mins.

5. Add roughly torn basil leaves, salt, sugar, half crushed peppercorns & mix well. Set aside to cool.

Preparing the Pizzas

1. Preheat the pan for at least 30 minutes, preferably an hour.

2. Prepare your desired toppings. Note that you are not going to want to load up each pizza with a lot of toppings as the crust will end up not crisp that way. About a third a cup each of tomato sauce and cheese would be sufficient for one pizza. One to two mushrooms thinly sliced will cover a pizza.

3. Spread the sauce evenly over pizza bases & sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and place your desired toppings on the pizza.

4. Sprinkle some cornmeal on the pan. Gently place one pizza one the pan, cover & bake for 10-15mins or until the cheese melts. If you want, toward the end of the cooking time you can sprinkle on a little more cheese.

5. Remove from pan, cut & server immediately.

Baked Egg Cucumber

This one is the easiest of all the recipes, so far I have prepared. It is healthy & tasty as well, which is a good news for my R (specially!)

It was an experimental one & came out very well. Instead of cucumber, I think you can use any other vegetable of your choice.

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Ingredients

Cucumber

Egg

Salt

Black Pepper

Chilly

Method

1. Cut the cucumber into 1cm thick circles.

2. Cut out the middle portions of the cicles, giving it a shape of 'bangle'

3. Beat the egg with salt, black pepper & chilly pieces in a bowl.

4. Heat a non-stick pan. Place the circular cucumber pieces & pour 2tbs of the egg mixture in each circles. Lower the flame & cover the pan.

5. After 2-3min turn off the heat.

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Note: You can add more vegetables in the egg mixture.

Spinach Fish

Now a days, I am having so much spinach in my food, the only reason is spinach is very much available in the market now. Anyway, this time one more fish recipe with spinach & the good news is, this recipe was liked by friends of my R. He has loved this fish recipe & now he wants to have the same recipe again. So I can say, the recipe is a hit :)

Here's my recipe.

Ingredients

100 grams of spinach, soaked in warm water, coarsely chopped

Brinjal - 1cup, sliced

Fish - 500gm (Rohu, Hilsa or any big fish)

Cumin seeds - 1tbs

Coriander powder - 1tbs

Turmeric powder - 1tbs

Green Chilly - 2

Salt

Oil

Water

Method

1. Take one whole fish and wash. After removing the head cut into steaks about 3/4 inch thick. Remove the scales. Rub 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder and 1 tea spoon of salt all over the pieces. Fry a little in hot oil in a pan.

3. Mix coriander powder and turmeric powder with 3 tbs of water.

4. Heat oil in a non-stick thick bottom pan. Add brinjal pieces. Fry it for 3min & keep aside. 

5. In that oil, add cumin seeds and green chilies and after about 1/2minute add spinach leaves; when this becomes soft add the masala powder mixture and stir for about 4 to 5 minutes. Keep the flame low.

6. When the paste becomes little bit dry and fried, add water. Now higher the flame. When the curry starts to boil add the brinjal pieces & fishes. After 5mins turn down the heat.

Spinach Chicken

This time I prepared this Spinach chicken with a touch of cheese. The taste was good as well as different; at the same time very less calorie :)

Ingredients:

500 g chicken leg piece, peeled the skin

100 grams of spinach, soaked in warm water, coarsely chopped

1 onion

5 cloves of garlic

cooking oil

salt

coriander powder

Processed Cheese to garnish

Method:

1. Heat oil, add garlic paste, chopped onions & saute until the onion becomes soft.

2. Add  Spinach leaves.

3. Add turmeric powder,  coriander powder , salt. Simmer on low fire. 

4. Add the chicken pieces. Higher the flame. After 5min, add water. Cook on medium fire until chicken is soft & desired amount of curry is there.

5. Garnish with cheese & serve with pulao.

Corn Fish

Last weekend, I was at my friend's house. I took some corns with me (because I saw some fresh corns in the road while going to their place). So I thought to prepare the fish, which they bought one day before, with corn. I had no idea what spices I should use, but on my way of preparing the food, I decided about the ingredients which I needed. Yes, I do not follow any recipe most of the time!

Any way, this time, the fish with corn, came out very well & so here's the recipe.

But unfortunately, I could not take the photo. So I'll come up with a photo, when I'll prepare it next time.

Ingredients

Corn - 1/2 (big)

Fish - 500gm (Rohu, Hilsa or any big fish)

Cumin seeds - 1tbs

Coriander powder - 1tbs

Turmeric powder - 1tbs

Nigella seeds - 1tea spoon

Green Chilly - 2

Dhania Patta - 1/2 cup (chopped)

Onion - 1 big

Garam Masala - 1tbs

Salt

Oil

Water

Method

1. Take one whole fish and wash. After removing the head cut into steaks about 3/4 inch thick. Remove the scales. Rub 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder and 1 tea spoon of salt all over the pieces. Fry a little in hot oil in a pan.

2. Grind to a fine paste the corn seeds, 5 green chilies and 1/2 tea spoon of salt in an electric grinder. You will need to add water about 2tbs.

3. Mix coriander powder and turmeric powder with 3 table-spoon of water.

4. Heat oil in a non-stick thick bottom pan. Add cumin seeds, nigella seeds and green chilies and after about 1/2minute add onion slices; when the onions become soft add the masala powder mixture and fry with stirring for about 4 to 5 minutes. Add the corn paste. Keep the flame low.

5. When the paste becomes little bit dry and fried, add water. Now higher the flame. When the curry starts to boil add the fishes. After 5mins add garam masala and.turn down the heat.

6. Garnish wth dhania patta and serve.

Chocolaty Momo

This time I was in momo-mood :)

Momo is a type of dumpling native to Tibet,Nepal, the bordering regions of Bhutan, and the Himalayan states of India (especially Sikkim). It is similar to the Mongolian buuz or the Chinese jiaozi.

I followed the same procedure for preparing momo, but the I changed the stuffing as I was in a chocolaty mood too :D

So here's the recipe for momo!

Ingredients:

For the momo wrapper:
1/3 cup plain flour (maida)
salt to taste

For the stuffing:
Chocolate

Other ingredients
1 tbsp plain flour (maida) mixed with 1 tablespoon water

Method:

For the momo wrapper:
1. Sieve the flour and salt together.
2. Add warm water gradually and knead well to make a soft dough.
3. Knead for a while till the dough is quite smooth and keep aside for 30 minutes, covered with a damp muslin cloth.
4. Divide the dough into 8 equal portions.
5. Roll out each portion into a 75 mm. (3") diameter circle to make a momo wrapper.
6. Keep aside, covered with a damp muslin cloth.

How to proceed

1. Place a momo wrapper on a flat dry surface and put 2 teaspoons of the stuffing in the centre.
2. Apply the flour paste along the edges and fold over to make a semi-circle.
3. Pinch at the outer rim.
4. Repeat with the remaining momo wrappers and stuffing to make 7 more momos.
5. Arrange the momos in a steamer plate and steam for 8-10  minutes or until cooked & translucent.
6. Serve hot with Sichuan Sauce.

Chocolaty Samosa

A Samosa is a fried or baked pastry with a savory filling such as spiced potatoes, onions, peas, lentils, ground lamb or chicken. The size, shape and consistency may vary, but many versions are triangular. Samosas are often accompanied by chutney. They are a popular appetizer or snack in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and Southwest Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, the Horn of Africa, North Africa, and South Africa.

If the samosa comes with a surprise, what will be your reaction? Here is one of my crazy idea with chocolates, which we had in a week day office-return snack. The first bite, changed our tired mood. Hope you like it.

Ingredients:

For Cover:

1 cup all purpose flour (Maida)

Water to Knead dough

2tbsp oil

Little salt

1/4th tsp. Ajwain (optional)

For Stuffing:

Chocolate

Coconut - grated

Method:

For Cover:

1. Mix all the ingredients (salt, oil, ajwain) except water.

2. Add a little water at a time.

3. Pat and knead well for several times into a soft pliable dough.

4. Cover it with moist Muslin cloth and keep aside for 15 minutes.

For Stuffing :

1. Heat the chocolate in a pan & when it becomes liquid add grated coconut.

To Proceed :

1. Make small rolls of dough and roll it into a 4"-5" diameter circle.

2. Cut it into two parts like semi-circle.

3. Now take one semi circle and fold it like a cone. Use water while doing so.

4. Place a spoon of filling in the cone and seal the third side using a drop of water.

5. Heat oil in a kadhai and deep fry till golden brown (fry on a medium flame).

6. Serve samosa hot with ice cream.

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