Bread Pizza

There are a few days when my taste buds just crave a juicy pizza. More often than not I do give in to the the temptation. What inevitably follows is a mountain of guilt! Argh!! That is where this recipe comes in. Although not a "real" pizza, its a great healthy substitute. I got this recipe from my mom and changed it some and I'm sure she improvised it from some word of mouth recipe. Isn't a yummy pizza sans cheese every diet lover's dream? Well now you can make your own pizza on a bread without cheese. Lets see how to accomplish that.

Ingredients:
Rava/Sooji/Semolina - 1 cup
Non-fat Yogurt - 4 Tbsp
Onion - 1 medium (chopped)
Tomato - 2 small (chopped)
Bell Pepper - 1 small (chopped)
Jalapeno - As desired (chopped)
Banana Pepper - As desired (chopped)
Cholula Hot Sauce - 1 Tbsp
Sliced Bread - 12 slices
Salt to taste
Butter or Olive oil to roast


1) In a mixing bowl combine the rava, yogurt and the Cholula hot sauce. You can also add a paste of green chillies and ginger. Just make sure to add some spice at this point. The mixture should not be runny. Leave the mixture on the kitchen counter for about an hour.












2) After about an hour add the chopped veggies and the chillies and mix well. I used bottled pickled jalapenos. Feel free to experiment with the chillies. Add only as much as your heart can take.





3) Heat a non-stick pan. Take a slice of bread and spread a teaspoon of the veggie-rava mixture on it. I used Whole Wheat bread to keep it as healthy as possible. You can use regular white bread. I have not tried this recipe with rye or sourdough bread. However, I recommend to use simple white or wheat bread.



4) Add a little butter/oil in the center of the pan and place the bread with the spread facing down. Let this cook on medium to medium high heat for about 10-15 minutes. It takes at least that long for the mixture to cook. If it starts turning black before 10 mins that means the heat is too high. It will remain uncooked in the center. Once the spread side is done, flip and cook the other side till the bread gets toasted (2-3mins).



5) Take it out on a plate and cut into pieces. Serve with your favorite sauce, chutney or just with good ol' ketchup. Enjoy!

Veggie Stir-fried rice

Hello after a looooong time. I have taken pics for a lot of recipes but haven't gotten down to blogging in a while. Started a lot of new activities since the last post. Will post pics soon. But now onto today's recipe. So heres one of my own creations which I know is appreciated by a lot of my friends. I have been asked for this recipe everytime I share it with them and so finally here it is. This is my take on Chinese fried rice with extra spice to it.

Ingredients:
1 Small Cabbage (Shredded thickly)
2 Carrots (Shredded Thickly)
1 Green Bell Pepper (Cut in long thin strips)
1 Bunch Green Onions (Cut in 1 inch pieces)
1 Pack Button Mushrooms (Quartered)
4 Green Chillies (Slit)
6 Cloves Garlic
1 inch piece Ginger
2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
2 Tbsp Chilli Bean Sauce (See pic)
1 Tbsp Distilled White Vinegar
1 Tbsp Lime Juice
3 Tbsp Olive Oil
Salt
1 cup Rice

Heat oil in a pan at medium high heat. When the oil heats up add the slit green chillies.


Shred or chop the cabbage and carrots into long strips. Add these to the pan.


Mix well. After 2 minutes add the bell pepper strips. At this point you can cook rice in another pan. Cook the rice until it is 80% done. Once cooked remove the pan from heat.


For the ginger-garlic paste, I use a handheld cheese shredder to shred the ginger and garlic. The resultant texture resembles the bottled ginger-garlic paste (which I loathe!!!). Add the fresh ginger-garlic paste to the veggies.


Add salt to draw the moisture out from the veggies. Cover and let the veggies cook at medium heat. Mix the veggies about every 5 mins until cooked. Now you can leave the veggies a little crisp or cook them till well done. The choice is yours. I like mine a little crisp. At this point add the green onions including the greens and the mushrooms.


Add the soy sauce, chilli bean paste, vinegar and lemon juice. Mix everything well. Cover and let the flavors mix for about 15 mins.


Fold in the cooked rice to the stir-fried veggies. Mix and serve hot.


This dish is both spicy and hot (warm). Keep something sweet handy in case the heat is too much to handle. Hope you enjoy this recipe. Be back soon.