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Butter Paneer Pizza

This pizza has a creamy curry as the pizza sauce and is topped with pieces of spiced paneer, a great vegetarian pizza. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Butter Paneer Pizza

Main Ingredients Cottage cheese (paneer), Pizza dough
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 51-60 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Tangy
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons oil + for greasing
  • 1 medium onion, finely chopped
  • 1 cup tomato puree
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander powder
  • Salt to taste
  • 10-12 cashew nuts
  • 200 grams cottage cheese, cut into ½ inch cubes
  • 1 teaspoon dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) powder
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • Refined flour dough for dusting
  • Readymade pizza dough as required
  • Onions, cut into squares and layers separated as required
  • Green capsicum, seeded and cut into squares
  • Butter cubes as required
  • ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves 
  • Melted butter for brushing
  • Dried mixed herbs to sprinkle
  • Red chilli flakes to sprinkle

Method

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan. Add onions and sauté till they go translucent.
    Add tomato puree, ¼ cup water and mix. 
  2. Add garam masala powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder and mix well. Add salt and cashew nuts and mix well.
  3. Cover and cook for 5-10 minutes.
  4. Allow to cool and grind the masala into a fine puree.
  5. Heat remaining oil in a nonstick pan. Add paneer cubes and sauté till golden brown. Transfer into a plat.
  6. Add ground tomato mixture and ½ cup water to the same pan. 
  7. Add kasuri methi and honey and mix well. Add cottage cheese cubes and mix with light hands.
  8. Cover with lid and cook on low heat for 4-5 minutes.
  9. Add fried paneer cubes and mix well. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes. 
  10. Dust some refined flour on the work surface and place a portion of pizza dough and rollout into a thick disk.
  11. Grease an oven tray with some oil, dust some refined flour and arrange the rolled disk on top.
  12. Cover with a moist muslin cloth and set aside for 15-20 minutes.
  13. Preheat the oven at 180ºC. 
  14. Spread some ground tomato gravy evenly and top up with cottage cheese pieces.
  15. Arrange onions and capsicums and butter pieces on top. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese and coriander leaves on top.
  16. Brush the crust with some melted butter and bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.
  17. Cut into slices, sprinkle dried mixed herbs, red chilli flakes and serve.
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