Paneer Pizza

Ingredients

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, sliced or 115g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  1 cup, sliced or 92g

• Spinach

  Raw

  ½ cup or 15g

• Paneer

  Gopi

  3 oz or 84g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ¼ tsp, whole or 0.5g

• Curry Paste, Garam Masala

  Patak's

  ¹⁄₁₆ tablespoons or 4g

• Pizza Sauce

  Rao's

  ½ cup or 120g

• Shredded Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

  Sprouts Farmers Market

  ½ cup or 42g

• Coconut Cream

  Canned - Sprouts Farmers Market

  1 oz or 28g

• Whole Grain & Flax Lavash

  Atoria's Family Bakery

  2 sheet or 114g

Directions

1. Preparation and marination for veggies and paneer
2. Meanwhile take onion cubes, bell pepper cubes and roughly chopped spinach in a mixing bowl.
3. Add fresh curd or yogurt. This step is optional and you can skip it. You can also use sour cream instead of fresh curd.
4. Add the paneer cubes.
5. Sprinkle red chilli powder or cayenne pepper, cumin powder, garam masala powder and a pinch salt.
6. Gently mix and toss the paneer and veggies with the curd (yogurt), spice powders and salt. Cover and keep aside to marinate for 20 to 30 minutes or more. If keeping for more than 30 minutes, then keep covered in fridge.
7. Assembling and making paneer pizza
8. Once the dough has doubled up, gently punch and knead the dough lightly again. Make a log shape from the dough and slice in 4 to 5 equal parts. For thin crust pizzas cut the dough in 6 to 7 parts.
9. Spread some olive oil on a 9 or 10 inch baking tray. Sprinkle some semolina (rava or sooji) evenly all over the tray. You can even use flour or cornmeal for sprinkling. Also preheat oven to its maximum temperature for 15 to 20 minutes before baking.
10. Take a medium to large sized pizza dough ball and sprinkle some flour on it.
11. Roll to a medium thick pizza having 1/4 to 1/3 inches thickness all over.
12. Carefully lift and place the pizza in the greased baking pan or tray. With a knife or fork poke the rolled dough.
13. Spread 1.5 to 2 tablespoons pizza sauce on the dough.
14. Break fresh mozzarella cheese in small pieces and then place on the dough. You can also grate the cheese and add if not using fresh mozzarella cheese.Do not overdo the topping with the cheese.
15. Arrange the marinated vegetables and paneer on the dough. Again here do not overcrowd with the veggie and paneer topping.
16. Keep the pizza pan in the center rack using both the top and bottom heating elements in the preheated oven. Also keep your oven's to its highest temperature.
17. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or till the cheese melts or gets golden and the pizza crust is crisp and golden.
18. Remove it on a plate or tray or board.
19. Then slice paneer pizza with a pizza cutter or knife. Then serve. While serving you can sprinkle some red chilli flakes and oregano. You can also place some fresh basil on the pizza. This way make all the paneer pizza. Leftover dough can be refrigerated or freezed.
20. Recipe by: Dassana Amit (source: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/paneer-pizza-recipe/#wprm-recipe-container-194173)