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Friday, September 20, 2024  
15 Rabi ul Awal 1446  

Recipe of the day: Chicken Tikka Pizza

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Ingredients

  • For Pizza Dough:
  • Flour 200g (2cups)
  • Salt 1/2tsp
  • Instant yeast 1-1/2 tsp
  • Egg 1
  • Dry milk powder 1-1/2 tbsp
  • Caster sugar 1 tsp
  • Oil 3 tbsp
  • Luke warm water as required for binding
  • For Pizza Sauce:
  • Oil 2tbsp
  • Garlic paste 1/2 tsp
  • Tomato paste 1/2 cup
  • Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp
  • Salt 1/2 tsp
  • Oregano leaves 1/2 tsp
  • Ketchup 2tbsp
  • Chicken Tikka:
  • Boneless chicken 2 breast piece
  • Tikka Masala 3-4 tbsp
  • Lemon juice 2 tbsp
  • Ginger garlic paste 1/2 tsp
  • Topping:
  • Onion 1(cube cut)
  • Capsicum 1(cube cut)
  • Tomato 1(without seeds) cube cut
  • Sweet corn 2-3 tbsp
  • Mushrooms 3-4 tbsp
  • Black olives 3-4 tbsp
  • Oregano leaves 1tsp
  • Cheddar cheese 1cup
  • Mozzarella cheese 1 cup

Cooking Directions

  • For dough: Take a bowl; add flour, salt, instant yeast, egg, dry milk powder, caster sugar, oil and very little water for binding.
    Mix them well and keep adding little water as required to keep it soft.
    The dough should be soft after mixing the ingredients.
    After binding, take out the mixture and strike it on a smooth surface for 5-6 times.
    Now sprinkle little flour on the same surface and roll the dough.
    For thin and crispy pizza, dough should be 1/8th inch thick after rolling.
    Place this rolled dough on a pizza pan and prick it with knife or fork.
    Place this pan for 7-8 minutes in a preheated oven.
    For pizza sauce: pour oil in a pan; add garlic paste when oil is heated and fry for 2 minutes.
    Than add tomato paste, red chilli powder, salt, oregano leaves and ketchup.
    Cook for 2 minutes and sauce is ready. Use this sauce when it’s cold.
    For chicken Tikka: marinate chicken with Tikka Masala, lemon juice and ginger garlic paste.
    Leave for 10-15 minutes and fry until chicken is ready.
    At the end, place 2-3 coal pieces in a pan and cover for 4-5 minutes.
    Compilation of pizza:
    Roll out dough, and place in a 10inch Pizza plate.
    Spread pizza sauce on dough and sprinkle cheddar cheese about 2tbsp on it.
    Now spread chicken Tikka pieces on it.
    Sprinkle onion, tomato, capsicum, sweet corn, mushrooms, olives, oregano leaves, Cheddar cheese and Mozzarella cheese.
    Place this pan in preheated oven at 180 C for 20 minutes.
    Delicious Chicken Tikka Pizza is ready.