Multigrain Tandoori Pizza With Paneer Tikka

Photo: sonia gupta

Ingredients

Ingredients for Pizza Topping:

Pizza dough

250 Paneer: gms

1 Onion:

1 Capsicum:

2 Tomatoes:

1/4 cup Yogurt:

Salt, Paprika: to taste

1/2 teaspoon Ginger Garlic Paste:

Garam Masala: a pinch

Fresh Parsley: few sprigs

1/2 teaspoon Olive Oil:

1/2 cup Freshly Grated Mozzarella Cheese:

1/2 teaspoon Chaat Masala:

Preparation

Heat olive oil in a pan and add ginger garlic, salt, paprika with a dash of garam masala, saute for few seconds.

In a bowl, whip the yogurt and add the seasoning prepared above to the yogurt.

If you want to make the Tadoori Sauce Spicy, you can add some freshly chopped green chilly & can also add some fresh cilantro/parsley to add some flavor. Mix well & our Tandoor sauce is ready.

Cut Paneer and all vegetables into cube chunks approx 1inch X 1 inch.

Divide Tandoori sauce in to two bowls.

Now add Paneer and vegetable into one bowl.

Mix well and add bell pepper, tomato, onion and Paneer chunks.

Cover the bowl and keep in refrigerator for at least 45-60 minutes.

Take the 2nd bowl of tandoori sauce & generously spread it over the pizza crust.

Leave aside for 15 mins as we grill our Paneer Tikka in the meantime.

Take a wooden skewer and put veggies in a sequence - bell peppers, onion, tomato, paneer.

Repeat the process to make more skewers.

Heat olive a non stick pan, slowly lay all the skewers in the pan and cook at medium heat.

Keep turning skewers around after every minute to ensure all 4 sides are cooked for atleast 3 to 4 mins but do not burn.

When the skewers start turning light brown & start developing smoky flavor, turn the heat down & remove them into a plate. It's not a bad idea to digg into your paneer tikka at this stage ;-)

If you can resist, once the tikka cools down a bit, remove grilled chunks of veggies & paneer from skewers and evenly spread them over the the waiting pizza base.

Now our pizza is ready to go into the oven.

Sprinkle some olive oil on the top, followed by some freshly ground mozzarella cheese.

Bake for 20-25 minutes at 350 F.

A piping hot pizza straight from the oven is Simply Sensational...!

Sprinkle some chat masala on top to add some Tang.