Vegetable Pan Pizza

Weekend special recipe this time was the Cheesy deliciousness with crunchy veggies!!! An utterly mouthwatering home made vegetable pan pizza!!! 

Ingredients: (Serves 2)

• 2 Storebought Pizza Base

• 4/5 Garlic Cloves roughly crushed

• 3 Onions roughly chopped

• 2 Tomatoes roughly chopped

• 2 Big Capsicum roughly chopped

• 1 tsp Red Chilli Powder

• 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder freshly crushed

• Salt to taste

• 2 Cups Sweet Corns boiled

• 2 tbsp Pizza Sauce per Pizza Base

• Chilli Flakes as per requirement

• Mixed Italian Herbs as per requirement

• 1tsp Butter per Pizza Base

• Mozzarella or Processed Cheese as per preference 

• 2tbsp Oil

Method:

• In a pan heat oil and add roughly crushed garlic and saute for 30 seconds, to this add onion, tomatoes & capsicum and saute on medium flame for 10 minutes.

• Now add red chilli powder, salt, black pepper powder and saute till vegetables are half cooked. Switch off the flame and let the veggies cool off.

Assemble:

• Take pizza base and spread pizza sauce.

• Now evenly spread the vegetables over the pizza base.

• Add handful of cooked sweet corn over the vegetables and sprinkle chilli flakes, Italian herbs and pinch of black pepper powder.

• Grate the cheese over the vegetable topping.

• In a deep non stick pan, add a teaspoon of butter and spread across the pan, transfer the pizza base into the pan.

• Cover the pan and let the pizza roast on lowest flame for about 12-15 minutes or until the cheese melts and base becomes crisp.

• Keep on checking the pizza occasionally.

• Once the base is crisp from bottom and cheese has melted, transfer pizza on chopping board & cut into triangles.

• Vegetable Pan Pizza is ready.

• Serve hot.

Note: 1) Either you can roughly chopped the veggies in cubes or lengthwise.

2) Also if you like to have more crunchy veggies then no need to cook them, directly place them on the pizza base.

3) You can add vegetables as per your choice.Mushrooms, baby corns, broccoli etc.

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Cheesy Garlic Bread

One of the best accompaniments to any Italian meal! An heavenly combination of butter, garlic, herbs put together to make this scrumptious Garlic Bread!.

Garlic bread is made in varieties of ways using different herbs and different kinds of breads.

My version include cheesy, garlicky, soft in the center with crunchy crust made in a pan instead of oven & topped with mixed herbs!
 

Ingredients: (Serves approx. 3)

• Plain Bread Loaf ( I use normal Indian Pav)

• 3 tbsp Butter at room temperature

• 8-9 Garlic Cloves minced

• Mixed Herbs as per requirement

• Chilly Flakes as per requirement

• 2 cups Grated Cheese (Mozzarella OR Processed)

Method:

1) Cut bread into thick slices.

 

2) In a bowl mix butter and minced garlic paste.

 

3) Now apply this garlic butter mixture onto each bread slice.

 

 4) Grate cheese and keep herbs ready to sprinkle over the bread.

 

5) Top each slice of bread with grated cheese.

6) Sprinkle herbs & chilly flakes over the cheese. If you want, you can completely avoid herbs and enjoy plain cheesy garlic bread.

7) Now take a deep non-stick pan. Apply little butter, place the bread slice and cover the pan with a lid and let the bread toast on low flame for about 15 minutes till the cheese melts and the crust becomes crunchy.

 

8) After 15 minutes when the cheese has melted and the crust is crunchy enough as per your preference, switch of the flame and serve this delicious cheesy garlic bread along with your favourite pasta, soup or any Itailian meal.

9) Incase you want to prepare it in an oven, pre heat the oven and bake the bread slices at 180 degree C for 7-10 mins.

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Pasta Delight - Penne Arrabiata

One of the most loved pasta! Simple delightful Penne Arrabiata simmered in rich flavourful tomato sauce served with tasty garlic bread.

This is my version of Penne Arrabiata.

Ingredients:

• 100 gms Boiled Penna Pasta

• 2 tbsp Oil

• 4 Garlic Cloves finely chopped

• 1 Medium Sized Onion finely chopped

• 200 gms Tomato Puree 

• 3 tbsp Tomato Ketchup

• 1 tbsp Oregano

• 1 tbsp Chilly Flakes OR use Mixed Herbs

• 1 tsp Crushed Black Pepper Powder

• 1 Cup Grated Cheese 

• 1/4th tsp Sugar

• Salt to taste

• Water as per requirement

Method:

Boiling of Pasta:

• In a big sauce pan, add water till the pan is half filled and bring it to boil. Add salt to the boiling water. Now add penne pasta. Cook pasta on high flame and keep on stirring occasionally for about 10-12 minutes or as per instructions given on the pasta pack. Before draining the pasta check whether it is cooked to your liking.

• Normally cook the pasta till "Al Dente" where you will feel slight resistance when you give a bite to it.

• Keep 1 cup of pasta water aside as we will need it later. 

• Drain the water from pasta using sieve and run it under cold water to stop it from over cooking. Now drizzle 1 tbsp Oil over the pasta immediately so avoid sticking. 

For Sauce:

• In a pan heat oil. Add finely chopped garlic and saute for a minute, do not brown the garlic. 

• Add finely chopped onions and saute till translucent. Now add tomato puree (I normally used store bought tomato puree for this preparation as it gives an extra kick to this dish), tomato ketchup and mix well. 

• Cook the tomato puree till oil separates from it. Now add mixed herbs, crushed black pepper powder, salt and sugar. Adjust the salt as the pasta and ketchup already has salt in it.

• Once the sauce is cooked add the boiled penne pasta and mix gently. Add 1/4th cup of pasta water if your pasta feels too dry and simmer the pasta for 5 minutes on low to medium flame.

• Lastly add grated cheese over the pasta and mix well. (I use normal processed cheese mainly Amul brand, you can use cheese of your choice)

• Penne Arrabiata is ready.

• Garnish with grated cheese.

• Serve hot with garlic bread.