Thin Crust Pan Pizza (Cottage Cheese and Capsicum) Recipe

Hey everyone!
Finally after hot and humid days, we are having enough rain to sooth ourselves, and to enjoy the monsoons I prepared Pan Pizza, and this time not in oven, but on Induction :D 
I'm a big foodie and like experimenting with food and different flavors. I hope you will love this Pizza as much as I do!

Thin Crust Pan Pizza (Cottage Cheese and Capsicum) Recipe

Ingredients needed (for a medium-sized Pizza)

For the dough :

• Wheat Flour : 2 cups
• Garlic Powder : 1/4 teaspoon (optional)
• Dry Yeast : 2 tablespoon
• Sugar : 1 tablespoon
• Salt : to taste
• Olive Oil : 3 tablespoon
• Milk Powder (or MIlk), Water : 1/2 glass each (as needed)

For Pizza sauce :

• Tomato Puree : 2 tablespoon
• Olive Oil : 1 teaspoon
• Butter : 1 small cube or 1 teaspoon
• Salt, Pepper, Chilli Flakes, Oregano : to taste

For Toppings/garnishing/seasoning :

• Capsicum : 1 medium (finely chopped)
• Onion : 1 medium (finely chopped)
• Cottage Cheese (Paneer) : 50 gms (cut into small cubes)
• Olive Oil : 2 teaspoon
• Salt, Black pepper, Oregano : to taste
• Cheese : 1 cup of grated cheese

Making dough :

1. Mix and lukewarm 1/2 cups of water and milk.
2. In a large bowl, Mix all dry ingredients, flour, garlic powder, salt, sugar and yeast.
3. Now add olive oil, mix again and knead the dough. with lukewarm mix of milk and water.
4. At this point, your dough would be still sticky, so take some more dry flour to handle your dough.
5. Cover and keep the dough aside for the next 30mins and allow it to rise.

Making Pizza sauce :

1. Mix tomato puree, butter, olive oil, salt, pepper, chili flakes and oregano in pot.
2. Put it on heat, till it becomes thick.

Making Topping :

1. Mix finely chopped capsicum, onion and paneer.
2. Add olive oil, salt, pepper and oregano. Mix well.
3. Cover it and let it absorb every flavor nicely.

Step-by-Step Recipe :

1. After keeping the dough aside for 30 mins,take a non-stick flat pan and divide the dough into two balls.
2. Spread some olive oil evenly on the pan.
3. Using a rolling pin (belan) roll out each dough to a big 7' circle and place it in the pan.
4. Cover it with a plate and place in warm area and allow to rise for another 30 mins.
5. After 30 mins, apply Tomato Pizza sauce on the Pizza crust, spread vegetables and finish with spreading cheese.
6. Place the flat pan on the Induction,set the reading to 200 and cover it with a lid and allow it to cook for the next 20 mins. TIme may vary depending on the thickness of the crust, but when edge of Pizza crust is little golden in color, take out pizza.
7. Serve hot garnished with pepper flakes, chilli flakes and spices.

Thin Crust Pan Pizza (Cottage Cheese and Capsicum) Recipe

Hope you like making this recipe! However, I like my pizza made in oven but there are some houses where we don't have ovens. so making it in low flame gas or induction too helps.Are you a Pizza lover? What are your favorite toppings? If you try this recipe, do share your pictures and let me know how it turned out! I'll be posting some more easy recipes in the coming week!