Paneer Pizza

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Paneer Pizza – Homemade Pizza crust layered with marinara sauce, paneer, bell pepper, onions, and cheese. The best fusion pizza ever!

Homemade Pizza has been a regular affair in my home. Be it weeknight or weekends or any kids sleepover, Homemade pizzas are always amazing.

Thanks to Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast. The pizza crust gets ready in 30 minutes.

With Fleishmann’s 150 years of experience, they take all the guesswork out of making quality, yeast recipes that you’ll be proud to share.

There is no need to be a professional baker to make any baked product when you have this secret ingredient in your pantry! I love making pizza with different toppings at home, especially when I know this can be ready in no time. By far, one of my favorite homemade pizzas is Paneer Tikka Pizza. I know pizza got an Indian makeover! Hahaha…. Paneer pizza is very famous in India.

But nowadays, it is getting popular abroad too. Out of all pizzas, Indian Paneer Tikka Pizza is my family’s favorite. So Today, I would like to share this recipe with you all.

This Paneer recipe has two main components –

1 – Crust

To make pizza, the most important part is the Crust.

The pizza crust is the foundation and every great pizza begins with a great pizza crust.

This homemade pizza crust has soft & chewy with a delicious crisp and AWESOME flavor. And that too this recipe of the crust gets ready in 30 minutes!

Awesome Right!

I used 30 Minute Pizza Crust recipe from Fleischmann’s® website.

This easy pizza crust recipe is great for beginners and produces the best homemade pizza crust.

The key ingredient to making the Pizza crust is Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast.

I always keep this yeast in my pantry for baking. You can make cinnamon rolls, bread, pizza crust, dinner rolls at home any time.

Nothing tastes better than homemade!

The best thing about using this yeast is that you mix it with the flour and it only needs one rise, making the process shorter than working with regular dry yeast.

Some Important points to keep in mind while working on yeast recipes –

• First, and the most important thing to check, is the expiration of yeast. Expired yeast is often the reason for “not rising” the dough.
• Always read and follow the instructions given on the package.
• Water should be warm, not hot. Hot water will kill the yeast.
• The water temperature should be 120F to 130F.
• Check the water temperature with a thermometer. If you don’t have a thermometer, check with your clean fingers. Insert your clean finger in the water and count 1 to 15. You should be able to leave your finger in the water.

On top of the Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast, You will need only a few ingredients (flour, sugar, salt, oil, and water) to make pizza crust.

Step 2 – Topping

Today I am using Indian famous paneer tikka as a topping will bell peppers and onions.

Paneer tikka is an Indian dish made from cubes of paneer marinated in spices and then grilled on Tawa, tandoor or in the oven. It is a very popular dish that is widely available in India and nowadays in most of the countries.

Paneer tikka is very flavorful and goes very well as a pizza topping.

Lets now briefly look into the ingredients

For Pizza dough/crust

• All-purpose flour
• Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast
• sugar
• salt
• warm water
• Canola oil

For Toppings

• Paneer cubes
• Bell Peppers 
• Onion
• Ginger
• Garlic
• Chili powder
• Garama masala
• Coriander powder
• Cumin Powder
• Salt
• Turmeric powder 
• Kasuri Methi
• Oil

Other ingredients

• Marinara Sauce or pizza sauce
• mozzarella cheese

How to make Paneer Pizza?

First, we will work on Paneer tikka topping.

Take paneer, bell pepper, and onion in a bowl. Add all the spices and mix them well. Cover it and let it sit for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, we will make dough for the pizza base.

Combine 1 cup flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl. 

Add very warm water and oil, mix until well blended, about 1 minute.

Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. 

The dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead on a floured surface, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. You can use a standing mixer too for kneading the dough.

Let dough rest at this point for 10 minutes.

Now let’s assemble.

Preheat the oven @425 degree F.

Pat dough with floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet.  You can roll the dough on a floured counter to a 12-inch circle.

Place rolled pizza crust in greased pizza pan or baking sheet. 

Form a rim by pinching the edge of the dough.

Spread with Marinara sauce or pizza sauce. 

Top with Paneer tikka toppings and sprinkle with cheese.

Bake at 425 degrees F. on the lowest oven rack for 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned.

Take it out from the oven, slice them and serve hot. Enjoy!

Some Important Notes and Pro-tips

• If you don’t have a thermometer, water should feel very warm to the touch.
• To knead the dough, add just enough flour to the dough and your hands to keep the dough from sticking.  Flatten dough and fold it toward you. Using the heels of your hands, push the dough away with a rolling motion.  Rotate dough a quarter turn and repeat the “fold, push and turn” steps.  Keep kneading dough until it is smooth and elastic.  Use a little more flour if dough becomes too sticky, always working the flour into the ball of dough.
• Use crust to make one thick crust 9-inch pizza.  Increase baking time to 20 minutes.
• You can use any toppings and cheese of your choice.
• You can also use Makhni Gravy instead of Marinara Sauce.

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Paneer Pizza

Paneer Pizza - Homemade Pizza crust layered with Marinara Sauce, paneer, bell pepper, onions, and Cheese. The best Fusion Pizza Ever!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American, Indian

Keyword Paneer Pizza, Paneer Tikka pizza

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 8 slices

Calories 214.96kcal

Author Dhwani

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Ingredients

For Dough

• ▢ 1-¾ cup - All-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 envelope - Fleischmann's® RapidRise® Yeast
• ▢ 1-½ teaspoons - sugar
• ▢ ¾ teaspoon - salt
• ▢ ⅔ cup - warm water Refer notes
• ▢ 3 tablespoons - Canola oil

For Toppings

• ▢ 1 cup - Paneer cubes
• ▢ ½ cup - Bell Peppers chopped into cubes
• ▢ ¼ cup - Onion chopped into cubes
• ▢ ½ teaspoon - Ginger
• ▢ ½ teaspoon - Garlic
• ▢ 1 teaspoon - Chili powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon - Garama masala
• ▢ ½ teaspoon -Coriander powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon - Cumin Powder
• ▢ Salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
• ▢ ½ teaspoon - Kasuri Methi
• ▢ 1 tablespoon - Oil

Other ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup - Marinara Sauce or pizza sauce
• ▢ 1 cup - mozzarella cheese Or more

Instructions

First, we will work on Paneer tikka topping.

• Take paneer, bell pepper, and onion in a bowl. Add all the spices and mix them well. Cover it and let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, lets work on dough for the pizza base.

• Combine 1 cup flour, yeast, sugar and salt in a large bowl.
• Add very warm water and oil, mix until well blended, about 1 minute.
• Gradually add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• The dough should form a ball and will be slightly sticky. Knead on a floured surface, adding additional flour if necessary, until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes. You can use a standing mixer too for kneading the dough.
• Let dough rest at this point for 10 minutes.

Now let's assemble.

• Preheat the oven @425 degree F.
• Pat dough with floured hands to fill greased pizza pan or baking sheet. You can roll the dough on a floured counter to a 12-inch circle.
• Place rolled pizza crust in greased pizza pan or baking sheet.
• Form a rim by pinching the edge of the dough.
• Spread with Marinara sauce or pizza sauce.
• Top with Paneer tikka toppings and sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake @425 degree F. on the lowest oven rack for 15 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned.

Notes

• If you don't have a thermometer, water should feel very warm to the touch.
• To knead the dough, add just enough flour to the dough and your hands to keep the dough from sticking. Flatten dough and fold it toward you. Using the heels of your hands, push the dough away with a rolling motion. Rotate dough a quarter turn and repeat the "fold, push and turn" steps. Keep kneading dough until it is smooth and elastic. Use a little more flour if dough becomes too sticky, always working the flour into the ball of dough.
• Use crust to make one thick crust 9-inch pizza. Increase baking time to 20 minutes.
• You can use any toppings and cheese of your choice.
• You can use Makhani Sauce too instead of Marinara sauce.

Nutrition

Serving: 1slice | Calories: 214.96kcal | Carbohydrates: 7.13g | Protein: 8.1g | Fat: 17.38g | Saturated Fat: 6.61g | Cholesterol: 29.62mg | Sodium: 479.39mg | Potassium: 143.83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2.34g | Vitamin A: 592.95IU | Vitamin C: 14.41mg | Calcium: 209.68mg | Iron: 0.75mg

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Warm Regards,

Dhwani.