Recipe: Turkish pizza

Recipe: Turkish pizza 

A vegetarian version of the pizza with an Indian pickle flavour.

Preparation time: 20 mins
Cooking time: 20 mins
Serves: 2

Ingredients for the base:
500 gms flour
3 tbps hot water
½ tsp sugar
15gms or 1 Tbsp yeast
1 tbsp Olive oil

For the topping:

1 tbsp chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp chopped onions
1tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped mushrooms
1 tbsp long sliced gerkins - teendli - marinated in olive oil
1tbsp black olives
2 tbsp feta cheese or crumbled malai paneer
1 achari laal mirch ( pickled green chilli) chopped
1 tbsp tomato sauce - made from tomatoes, garlic and basil
Salt and pepper to taste.

Method:

Dissolve sugar in water and mix in the yeast. Set aside for 15 mins till it becomes frothy.

Make a firm dough with the flour, yeast mixture, olive oil and water.
Cover and set aside to rest for 2 hrs. Dough will have increased in size at the end of 2 hrs.

Combine all the ingredients for topping in a bowl.

Divide the dough into balls of desired size.Roll out rested dough into desired size like a paratha.

Put all the toppings on it and bake in a preheated oven at 350 Deg for 4-5 mins till crisp.