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Saag Pizza on Instant Pizza Crust

Indian style pizza with creamy curried spinach on an instant pizza crust -- take about 15~20 minutes to put everything together. If you don't want to be bothered with making the crust, just use store bought naans instead -- they would work beautifully here.
Author: Pavani
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: fusion
Servings: 1213 pizza

Ingredients

For Instant Pizza Dough:

  • 2 ~ 3 flour cupsAll purpose (I used 1cup Wholewheat and the rest AP )
  • 1 tbsp Yeast Instant
  • 1 tbsp Honey
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Water Warm
  • 2 tsps Pizza Dough Flavor (optional)

For the Spinach Topping:

  • 1 lb Spinach . Frozen , thawed
  • 1 Onion Medium , finely chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic , finely minced
  • ½ Ginger " piece, finely grated
  • 1 tsp Garam Masala
  • ½ tsp chili powder Red

To tasteSalt & Pepper

  • cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 ~ 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese , grated
  • 1 tbsp Lemon juice

Instructions

Prepare Pizza Dough:

  • Combine yeast, honey, salt, oil and water in a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Whisk well. Gradually add the flour and mix until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Dough should be soft and smooth.
  • Knead for 5~6 minutes. Cover and set aside for at least 10 minutes (or longer if you have the time).
  • Preheat the oven to 500F.

Make the Spinach Topping:

  • While the pizza dough rests, make the saag (greens). Heat oil in a pan, add the onion and cook till it turns translucent. Add garlic and ginger and cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add red chili powder, garam masala, salt and pepper.
  • Squeeze out the excess water from spinach and add it to the onion mixture. Cook till all of the moisture from spinach evaporates, about 2~3 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and add cream and lemon juice. Stir to combine. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
  • Roll the dough out into 1 12~13" round pizza or 2~3 6~8" round pizzas. Place them on a lightly greased baking sheet or preheated baking stone. Divide the spinach mixture among the pizza bases and spread into an even layer, leaving about ½" border. Sprinkle with cheese.
  • Bake 1 baking sheet at a time until the cheese is melted and the crust is cooked through, about 8~10 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cool for couple of minutes before slicing and eating.

Notes

 
 
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