Bidisha's Corner

Monday, 4 July 2016

Wheat Pizza (Best for Kids)

Kids prefer pizza than roti...so Why not transform Roti to Pizza...

INGREDIENTS:
Wheat flour (1 cup)
Salt to taste. 
Sugar a pinch of. 
Yeast a pinch of ( Optional ).
Grated cheese (Parmesan, Mozzarella).
Oregano. 
Sweet Corn (a cup of).
Chopped Olives.
Olive oil (1 TBsp).
Tomato pizza Spread.
Garlic grated and tossed.


/* One can make pizza much heavier by adding many different ingredients of their choice for toppings. Keeping kids in mind lets go for lighter ingredient. */

PROCEDURE:
Soak yeast in hot water for 10mins.
In the meanwhile consider flour in  a tumbler and add salt and sugar and tossed garlic to it, then add yeast liquid and knead it to a soft dough. Set it aside in a dabbed cloth for 45min.
Once you remove the dabbed cloth you can see the dough has bulged. Cut consider 3 equal small amounts of dough and roll it over with the help of rolling pin.
Heat a pan and place one rolled dough toss it on either sides and remove, then the other and the other.
Keep them aside, now spread tomato pizza spread, bit of cheese on one bread then place another on it, and again spread the same and place the third one and again spread the tomato spread.
Top on some sweet corn, olives and tossed garlic, making sure its spread evenly on all the directions, pour in some olive oil and add some salt to taste.
Now cover it with grated cheese and place it in oven for baking, at 200degrees for 8min and then if one requires more good texture increase the temp and allow it to bake for few more minute.
But wheat pizza looks good if half baked.
Remove from the oven sprinkle some oregano and serve it to kids, kids are surely going to love it cheesey home made pizza and moms are satisfied for consuming wheat flour than maida.

Monday, 29 February 2016

Leafy Paratha

INGREDIENTS:
Maida (2 cups).
Multigrain atta (1 cup).
Butter (2 TBs).
Oil (2 TBs).
Spinach, Fenugreek leaves, Red leaf, Coriander all finely chopped.
Curd (1 TBs).
Water.

PROCEDURE:
In a big bowl add all chopped leaves, salt, green chilies, curd, oil, butter, atta and maida and mix well.
Add water and form a soft-smooth dough and cover it allow it to rest for 10-15minutes.
Now divide it into small dumplings and roll flat each dumplings on rolling pin.
Now heat each of flat dough and grease in ghee or oil and fry well till golden brown on both sides.
Now serve it with curd or curry and pickle.
Appraisal is asured.

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Homemade Whole Pizza

Generally we get pizza bread from market we dress, bake them and serve them.... But lets get into little more effort and lets start from the initial...lets bale the dough and collect the credit of good and healthy food..


INGREDIENTS:
Maida (1 cup).
Yeast (1 Tsp).
Warm water (2 cups).
Salt to taste. 
Baking Powder, salt (a pinch of).

PROCEDURE:
Soak a tea spoon full of yeast in warm water and allow it to settle down.
In the meanwhile mix baking powder, salt in maida  and mix well.
Now add yeast soaked water to maida and knead well to soft dough, grease it and keep it aside in a closed bowl for an hour.
In the mean while lets chop veggies for pizza.

For Pizza:
Chopped Onions, Capsicum, Olives, Tomatoes.
Sweet corn and Chopped Chicken (Optional)
White Mayonnaise and Tomato Puree.
Pizza Mozzarella Cheese.
Salt to taste. 
Chilli flakes, Oregano and Olive oil.

PROCEDURE:
By now the dough has bulged, take small lump and flatten the dough evenly either on rolling pin or with the help of finger tips. Place it on foil paper.
Apply white mayonnaise evenly over the dough, then spread tomato spread,
Sprinkle onions, capsicum, chicken, Olives, Tomatoes, sweet corn, pinch of salt, Olive oil evenly.
Now add shredded cheese in good quantity evenly over the pizza.
Now in a pre-heated oven place the pizza on the tray and allow it to bake for 25 min at 180 degrees.
If required more brown then bake for few more minutes.
Slowly remove from oven and slice it up sprinkle some oregano and chili flakes if required and serve hot.