How to make Eggplant Pizza -
An unusual base for a pizza, eggplant roundles make this pizza uniquely exotic to taste
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Eggplants, Refined Flour
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Snacks and Starters
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Eggplant Pizza Recipe Card
Fusion cuisine is one that combines elements of different culinary traditions. Cuisines of this type are not categorized according to any one particular cuisine style and have played a part in a number of innovations.
Fusion food is a general term for the combination of various forms of cookery and comes in several forms.
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 11-15 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Mild
Ingredients for Eggplant Pizza Recipe
Eggplants round 2 large
Refined Flour to taste
Refined flour (maida) 1/2 cup
Black pepper powder 1/2 teaspoon
Olive oil 1 tablespoon
Garlic chopped 2 tablespoons
Tomato concasse 1 cup
Black peppercorns crushed 8-10
Fresh basil leaves a few leaves
Onion sliced 1 medium
Button mushrooms sliced 2-3
Yellow capsicum cut into thin strips 1/2 small
Red capsicum cut into thin strips 1/2 small
Green capsicum cut into thin strips 1/2 small
Processed cheese grated 1 cup
Method
Step 1
Wash eggplant and cut them into one-centimetre slices. Apply some salt and keep for some time.
Step 2
Take maida, add pepper powder to taste and salt and sieve together. Wash eggplants again and dry them on a tissue pepper.
Step 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.
Step 4
Use more oil if required. Transfer them onto an absorbent paper and keep warm Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
Step 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.
Step 6
Add salt, freshly crushed pepper powder to taste, fresh basil leaves and mix and cook till reduced.
Step 7
Mix onion, sliced mushrooms and capsicum julienne. Once the tomato sauce is ready, spread it on the fried eggplant pieces.
Step 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.
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