Diya's Food Diaries

Easy Pan Pizza

Ingredients:
For the pizza base:
. All purpose flour-1cup
. Wheat flour-1cup
. Yeast-1tsp
. Warm water+milk-3/4 cup
. Olive oil-3tbsp
. Salt-to taste
. Sugar-1tsp
For the pizza sauce:
. Olive oil-1tbsp
. Minced garlic -1tbsp
. Minced capsicum-1tbsp
. Tomato ketchup-3/4cup
. Fennel seeds powder-1tsp
. Salt-a pinch
. coriander powder- 1/4 tsp
Other ingredients for assembling:
. Mozzarella cheese- 1/4cup
. Chopped capsicum-few
. Chopped onion-few
. Cooked and chopped chicken cubes-few
. Olive oil-2tbsp
Preparation:
 Mix the flour together with salt, sugar and olive oil.
 Add yeast to the warm water+milk mix and dilute.
 Add it in to the flour slowly and knead well.
 Knead the dough in to a non sticky consistency, but super soft also.
 Cover it with a wet towel and let it rest for 2hours.
 Mean while prepare the pizza sauce.
Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a saucepan.
 Add chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
 Add chopped capsicum, sauté again
 Add tomato ketchup followed by fennel powder, coriander powder and salt.
 After 2 hours, get ready with the all ingredients nearer.
 Knead the dough once again with a oily hand.
 Heat the non-stock pan, the pan want to be very hot when we are putting the pizza base in to it.
 Roll the dough in to a thin layer using a rolling pin or by stretching it
 with your hand as far as you can.
 If you are putting the dough over a plastic sheet and roll it, then it will be more easy to roll smooth with minimum flour sprinkling.
 Put it in to the heated pan at low-medium flame for 4minutes or until the bottom side become golden in color.
 Make small marks with a fork on the top to prevent puffing.
 Now after four minutes turn the heat in to low and flip the other side.
 Pour the pizza sauce over it evenly with a spoon.
 Above that assemble chicken pieces,chopped capsicum, onion and tomato pieces.
 At the top spread the mozzarella cheese.
 Now pour 2 tbsp of olive oil through the sides of the pizza, in such a way that touching all the sides and reach in to the bottom of pizza base.
 Now shake the pan slowly so that the olive oil reaches all the bottom side.
 Cover it with a lid but make a small gap to pass the air.
 After all done, cook for about another 4minutes or until the bottom becomes crispy and the cheese melts.
 Care fully cut it with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
 Enjoy and serve hot.