Making Pizza on The Stove Top

Here is a quick and easy recipe for Stove Top Pizza. This is just perfect for times when you want to enjoy homemade pizza and don’t feel like ordering take-out pizza or going anywhere! The best part is that you also don’t need to have access to a good oven.

Recipe will make two personal pizzas.

Ingredients:

For Dough

• 1 cup all-purpose flour (plain flour or maida)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 2 tablespoons thick yogurt (curd or dahi) room temperature
• 1/3 cup lukewarm water use as needed
• About 2 tablespoon all-purpose flour needed to roll the dough

Sauce

• 1-1/2 cups tomatoes seeded and chopped in small pieces
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Topping

• 1/2 cup bell pepper cut into small pieces,
• 1/4 cup mushrooms sliced
• About 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese shredded

Method

1. In a bowl mix all the dry ingredients, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
2. Add oil and yogurt to the flour and mix it well, add water as needed to make soft dough will be little sticky. Sprinkle little dry flour over the dough and knead to make smooth dough.
3. Cover the dough and let it sit for about 3 hours or more.
4. In a saucepan heat the oil on medium high heat. Add all the sauce ingredients, tomatoes, salt, sugar, pepper, and Italian herbs. Cook for about 3 minutes till most of the water from tomato has evaporated and looks like a chunky sauce.
5. Use the same pan and sauté the bell peppers, and mushrooms for 2 minutes until most of the moisture has evaporated but still they are crisp. Set aside.
6. Knead the dough for few seconds and divide into two equal parts and roll them in about 10” circle, if dough start sticking to the rolling pin or rolling surface dust little more dry flour.
7. Heat the heavy pan skillet over low medium heat, lightly oil the skillet and put the rolled pizza over. Let it cook for about 2 minutes until crust has nicely browned from bottom. Lower the heat to low.
8. Flip the crust, brush it lightly with oil do it quick spread about half the sauce, cheese and topping. Cover the pan for about 3 minutes and check, cheese should be melted. Lift the pizza little from the side crust should be the nicely brown.

Tips: make sure heat is low otherwise pizza will burn and not cook through.

PARATHA SAMOSA

This recipe will make 4

Ingredients:

Dough

• 1 cup all-purpose flour (plain flour, maida)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons clarified butter or ghee (if you follow vegan diet use oil)
• 1/3 cup water

Filling

• 3 medium potatoes, boiled peeled and cubed into very small pieces, this will make about 2 cups of cubed potatoes
• 1/4 cup green peas, I am using frozen peas thawed
• 1-1/2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder (dhania)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon red chili powder
• 1 tablespoon green chili finely chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon mango powder (amchoor)
• 1/4 teaspoon garam masala
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro (hara dhania)

Also need about 1/4 cup oil for cooking

Method

Dough

1. Mix flour, salt, and oil, add the water as needed to make firm and smooth dough. Knead the dough on a lightly oil surface for about one minute. Cover the dough and set aside for at least 10 minutes.

Filling

2. Heat the oil in a frying on medium heat. Oil should be moderately hot. Add cumin seeds, as cumin seeds crack add green chili and green peas stir-fry about a minute add the potatoes and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Stir in garam masala, mango powder, and cilantro. Add more pepper, salt or mango powder according to taste. Turn off the heat.
3. Let the filling cool to the room temperature. Lightly mash the filling.

Making Paratha Samosa

1. Divide the dough in four equal parts and form into balls. Roll dough ball into about 7” circle. Place about 1/2 cup of the filling in the center and spread it over leaving 1” dough circle all around. Pull the edges of the dough in the center cover the filling. This will make about 4” thick pattie. Repeat and fill all the balls.
2. Gently roll them in about 6” circle. If needed sprinkle little all-purpose flour to help it roll.
3. Heat heavy sauce flat pan over low medium heat. Add about 2 to 3 tablespoons of oil to the pan depends on the size of the pan.
4. Place the rolled paratha on the pan. When the paratha start to change color from sides, flip it over. Parathe will be light brown.
5. Lightly press the paratha all around and flip. Shallow fry the paratha both sides until golden brown. You will have to flip the paratha 3 to 4 times.
6. Paratha Samosa is the best served hot and crispy.
7. If they are made in advance re-heat using a skillet or oven.
8. Enjoy with hari cilantro chutney