High protein Bhakri-Pizza

"I think of dieting, and then I eat a Pizza!"

Who doesn’t love pizzas? This dish is labelled as ‘junk’ food because of it's high calories and unhealthy contents. Let me give you a healthy twist on the traditional pizza designed by me to ensure that you don’t stop eating your favourite food and still achieve your health goals. Read on!

Benefits –

• High Protein & loaded with veggies.

• Thin crust multigrain base replacement for refined flour (maida) base.

• No saturated fat and very tasty! 

1.   For Pizza Sauce –

Ingredients:

In 1 tsp oil - 

• 1 finely chopped onion  
• 1 finely chopped capsicum
• 4-5 crushed garlic cloves
• 4 finely chopped tomatoes
• 1 small grated carrot
• 1/2 cup steamed sweet corn
• ½ cup broccoli
• ½ tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp red chili powder
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Heat a pan. Add 1 spoon oil/ ghee.
• Add onion and garlic. Saute for 1 min. Add capsicum. Saute further for 1 min.
• Add tomatoes, carrot, sweet corn and broccoli. Heat until water evaporates.
• Add chili powder, garam masala and salt. Cook for 2 min.
• Keep Aside

2.   For topping -

Ingredients:

• ½ cup finely chopped onion  
• ½ cup finely chopped capsicum
• ¼ cup olives
• ¼ cup paneer
• 1 cheese cube

3.   For the base -

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup jowar flour
• ¼ cup bajra flour
• ¼ cup moong / soya flour
• 1/2 tsp oregano
• 1/2 tsp red chili flakes
• Salt to taste

Method:

• Mix the flour, spices and make a dough by adding water.
• Divide into equal parts and roll to make roti.
• On a heated pan, place the rolled roti, roast for a minute, turn it, roast for a min again. While on the pan (griddle), spread thick layer of pizza sauce and top it with onions, capsicum, olives and mushrooms. Add oregano and chilli flakes.
• Put 4 tbsp of paneer and 1 tbsp of grated cheese evenly over it. Cover it with a lid and cook for 2 minutes. Take off the lid and roast it till it becomes crispy. Serve hot. Repeat same process for others.

Protip -  You can pre-make all the bhakris to save time.

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- Dt. Meena Jain