Thursday, August 25, 2011

Broccoli Green Peas Pizza - Quick N Easy with Healthy Twist


It was a late, lazy week night ...didn't feel like making anything ...but was very hungry ...me and Anush were craving to eat cheese....didn't have much vegetables...what to do now??
I opened up my pantry and was thinking what to make...I saw this pizza packet. This comes with a flour mix, sauce and cheese...just takes 5 mins to make the dough and we can add our own toppings. So why wait...i grabbed it and when I looked into my fridge didn't have any vegetables but broccoli.
I thought lets make it simple and easy and as always add a healthy ingredients to make a twist to the recipe...
So here is the recipe....hope you all like it too!

Ingredients:
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1 Pizza mix box (Store bought - which comes with pizza dough mix, pasta sauce and cheese)
1/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese
1 head Broccoli
1/4 -1/2 cup Green Peas
Salt, Pepper and Red Chili flakes to taste

Method:
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1. Preheat the oven according to the instructions on the box.
1. Open the box mix and add water as mentioned in the instructions of the box and make a dough.
2. After 5 mins, stretch the dough with hands or roll the dough to desired shape.


3. Sprinkle some cornmeal or flour of the pizza pan or baking sheet, place the rolled pizza dough, extend it with hands so that it reaches to all the corners, add the pizza sauce, salt, pepper and red chili flakes.


4. Add the toppings and bake it for the time mentioned.

Sending this recipe to the Event ""Pasta Pizza and Noodles hosted by Jayasri - "Samayal Arai" and Pari - "Foodelicious".