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Eggplant Pizza

An unusual base for a pizza, eggplant roundles make this pizza uniquely exotic to taste This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Main Ingredients Eggplants, Refined Flour
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Eggplant Pizza

  • 2 large Eggplants round
  • to taste Refined Flour
  • 1/2 cup Refined flour (maida)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons Garlic chopped
  • 1 cup Tomato concasse
  • 8-10 Black peppercorns crushed
  • a few leaves Fresh basil leaves
  • 1 medium Onion sliced
  • 2-3 Button mushrooms sliced
  • 1/2 small Yellow capsicum cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 small Red capsicum cut into thin strips
  • 1/2 small Green capsicum cut into thin strips
  • 1 cup Processed cheese grated

Method

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  1. Wash eggplant and cut them into one-centimetre slices. Apply some salt and keep for some time.
  2. Take maida, add pepper powder to taste and salt and sieve together. Wash eggplants again and dry them on a tissue pepper.
  3. Coat with the seasoned flour. Heat one to two tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan and fry eggplant slices on both sides till golden brown.
  4. Use more oil if required. Transfer them onto an absorbent paper and keep warm Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
  5. Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in another pan. Add garlic and sauté. Add tomato concasse and sprinkle with a little water. Stir and cook for a while.
  6. Add salt, freshly crushed pepper powder to taste, fresh basil leaves and mix and cook till reduced.
  7. Mix onion, sliced mushrooms and capsicum julienne. Once the tomato sauce is ready, spread it on the fried eggplant pieces.
  8. Over that spread the onion mixture. Spread grated cheese. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C till the cheese has melted. Serve immediately.

Nutrition Info

Calories 390
Protein 11.7
Fat 26.1
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