Description
Chickpea + Spinach Masala Pizza – a homemade pizza dough, with a creamy skillet-baked Indian Masala marinara sauce, and finally topped with spinach, Indian spiced chickpeas, onions and vegan mozzarella.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza dough
- 390 g all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil (plus more for greasing bowls)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 240 ml lukewarm water
- 1 pack fast action yeast (7g)
- 2 tsp maple syrup
Skillet Masala Mariana
- 325 g baby plum tomatoes
- 6 curry leaves
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp grated garlic
- 1–2 tbsp oil
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
Indian spiced Chickpeas
- 1 x 400 g tinned chickpeas (drained)
- 1/4 tsp chilli powder
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- pinch of cinnamon
- pinch of black pepper
- pinch of salt (or to taste)
Other
- 3–4 handfuls of spinach
- onions
- vegan mozzerella or vegan cheese (optional)
- freshly chopped coriander (optional)
- spring onions (optional)
- walnuts (optional)
- salad cress (optional)
Instructions
Pizza dough
- Combine lukewarm water with maple syrup and yeast. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.
- In another bowl, combine all purpose flour, salt and olive oil. Pour the wet over the dry and bring together.
- Knead on a well floured surface for 5 minutes or until dough is soft to touch.
- Divide dough into two and shape into balls. Grease two bowls and place one dough ball in each. Cover with a tea towel and allow to proof for 45mins or until doubled in size.
Skillet Masala Mariana
- Preheat your oven to 260C/240C fan. (Keep the oven on after you've finished making this sauce!)
- Add cumin seeds, baby plum tomatoes, curry leaves, garlic, ginger, ground turmeric, chilli powder, salt and oil into a skillet or a small baking dish. Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Once the tops of the tomatoes are charred slightly, and they're soft – mash with a fork! Set aside.
Indian spiced Chickpeas
- Combine chickpeas, ground cumin, ground coriander, chilli powder, ground cinnamon, black pepper and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
Assembly
- Punch out the air from your dough (my favourite part). Then, on a well-floured surface roll into a rough rectangle shape. Transfer onto a well-oiled baking tray. If you need to, stretch your dough to fit your baking tray.
- Spread half of your Skillet Masala Mariana, then layer your spinach, Indian spiced chickpeas, vegan mozzerella and onions. Bake for 10-20 minutes, rotating your pizza halfway.
- Repeat above steps to make the second pizza!
- Garnish with spring onions, walnuts and salad cress. Enjoy warm!
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Indian, Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 552