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I had joined this group called the  Home Baker's Challenge , a monthly baking event for both bloggers & Non bloggers initated by Priya & team with the intention of learning new recipes and for the possibility of baking atleast once in a month.

when i found the month's theme as pizza, i thought of letting the week go because we dont get cheese at our place, but luckily my brother had to attend  a meeting at another place and he was sweet enough to search for a super market and bought the pizza cheese and 2 pizza breads too. The first time i tried pizza using pizza base and tasted it- it was kind of good and that boosted me to try again from scratch. Homemade pizza base was definitely more tastier than the readymade pizza bread.

The topping was same for all the three (only variation is the chopping and dicing of the veggies)  - onions, tomatoes, capsicum and cheese.

Pizza using pizza breads:

1. Spread tomato sauce on the pizza bread, grate some cheese over it.
2. Add the toppings as required, and a generous amount of tomato sauce and grate cheese all over all the toppings and drizzle some olive oil on the top.
3. Bake, slice and serve.

chopped veggies

pizza bread, and the GO cheese

different toppings

cheeeeezieee :)

 pizza with homemade pizza base:

Mix maida,salt,sugar and yeast in a wide bowl.
Heat water and milk to lukewarm and add to the dough and mix in gently.

Cover the dought with a damp kitchen towel and leave it to rise. After resting and rising, punch down the dough and knead well.

 shape the dough into  thin or thick flat discs as required.. Transfer to a greased baking sheet. Prick all over with a fork and bake for 2-3 min.

Spread tomato sauce, grate some cheese over it, the toppings, tomato sauce again and grate pizza all over the veggies.

Bake for 12-15 min or until the crust  becomes golden.

Slice and serve.  :)


Linking this to Home Baker's Challenge this month happening @ Divya's Culinary Journey.

 

tomato soup(updated with step by step pics)

this is from "332 recipes from sanjeev kapoor"- ebook...
dont go by the picture...the soup tastes far better than those served in restaurants...

Cut tomatoes,add a spoonful of moong dal( i add carrots, a piece of beetroot, a bay leaf and a star anise, pepper), and boil on the stove top till the moong dal splits( i keep in the pressure cooker for 2 whistles)... cool completely, blend in a mixer and strain...
Add butter to the pan, add onions(cut into small pieces), saute till pink in colour, add the strained liquid, let boil, add salt and pepper.....add a spoon of corn flour dissolved in water, stir well and add a cup of milk to the boiling soup....taste for salt and pepper and add more if necessary.....add a pinch of sugar....it takes the soup to another level.....
i hav done this many times and it tastes really good with the butter fried onions...

onions to be sauted pink in butter

left over pulp

strained liquid

sugar

salt

freshly ground pepper

cronflour mixed with water

cornflour and milk added to the soup

i posted this tomato soup for zesty palette's "new u" event.

updated the recipe with step by step pics for "lets cook for kids" event by "simply.food" here

tomato pulao

i tried dis from tickling palates....
you can find the recipe here....

my cute cook and carry rice cooker.....

i tried with ordinary rice...pls do have a look at the original recipe...you will definitely give a try....

this goes to lets cook hosted by radhika of tickling palates...

and royal feast biryani hosted by reva of kaara saram