BBQ Pizza Paratha

Equipment

• Cast Iron Skillet or Cast Iron Dosa Pan
• Kadai or Cooking Pot

Ingredients

• 1 batch Whole Wheat Pizza Dough
• 3 tbsp Pizza Sauce
• 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese grated
• 1 tbsp Olive Oil

For Chicken Filling

• 2 tbsp Olive Oil
• 1 large Onion sliced thinly
• 1 large Tomato chopped finely
• 1/2 Bell Peppers | Capsicum sliced thinly
• 1 large Boneless Chicken Breast chopped finely
• 1 tsp Chilli powder or Paprika
• 2 tsp Garlic Powder
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp Dried Oregano
• 1 tsp Dried Basil
• 1 tsp Red Chilli Flakes
• 1 tsp Garam Masala Powder
• 4 tbsp Pizza Sauce or Tomato Ketchup
• 3 tbsp Coriander Leaves

For Pizza Toppings

• Onions sliced
• Tomato sliced
• Bell Peppers | Capsicum sliced
• Olives optional

Instructions

For Making Chicken Filling

1. Heat olive oil in a kadai. Add in sliced onions, tomatoes and chopped bell peppers in the oil. You can add some chopped garlic or even ginger garlic paste. Saute onions and tomatoes for 2 to 3 minutes. After raw smell has gone, add in chopped chicken. I used chicken breast which I chopped into small pieces.
2. Add in salt, chilli powder or paprika and garlic powder into the chicken. Instead of garlic powder you can add garlic paste. Saute this spices with the chicken for 2 to 3 minutes till the chicken is tossed in the masala and onion tomato mixture. Cover and cook the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes on low heat. If you use boneless chicken thigh it might take little longer to cook.
3. Now the chicken is cooked completely. if there is any moisture, increase the heat to high and evaporate the moisture before adding the spices. Add in some tomato ketchup or pizza sauce. This totally to your taste. Mix well till the chicken is coated with the spicy masala. This mixture has to be thick and masala like. Finally I added some chopped coriander leaves. For a variation, you can add chopped basil leaves as well. This is your chicken filling for pizza. As mentioned in the blog post, I made the filling Indian style. Set aside till needed.

For Making Pizza Dough

1. For this chicken pizza, you can use any pizza dough. You can use whole wheat pizza dough, regular basic pizza dough or No Yeast Pizza dough. If you have no time on hand, you can check my No cook pizza base.
2. In this recipe, I used my whole wheat pizza dough. Once the dough is risen, I took a portion of it and spread on a silicon mat using rolling pin or your hands.

Cooking Pizza in Cast Iron Pan

1. For cooking this pizza, I am using cast iron pan. This is cast iron dosa pan or pizza pan which I have. You can use cast iron skillet. Place the cast iron pan on stove top, don’t heat yet, drizzle olive oil on the cast iron pan.
2. Now place the rolled out pizza base on the greased cast iron pan. Now turn on the heat and cook on lowest heat possible. Meanwhile assemble the pizza. Spread some pizza sauce on top of the pizza.
3. Now the chicken is cooked completely. if there is any moisture, increase the heat to high and evaporate the moisture before adding the spices. Add in some tomato ketchup or pizza sauce. This totally to your taste. Mix well till the chicken is coated with the spicy masala. This mixture has to be thick and masala like.
4.  Finally I added some chopped coriander leaves. For a variation, you can add chopped basil leaves as well. This is your chicken filling for pizza. As mentioned in the blog post, I made the filling Indian style. Set aside till needed.

For Making Pizza Dough

1. For this chicken pizza, you can use any pizza dough. You can use whole wheat pizza dough, regular basic pizza dough or No Yeast Pizza dough. If you have no time on hand, you can check my No cook pizza base.
2. In this recipe, I used my whole wheat pizza dough. Once the dough is risen, I took a portion of it and spread on a silicon mat using rolling pin or your hands.

Cooking Pizza in Cast Iron Pan

1. For cooking this pizza, I am using cast iron pan. This is cast iron dosa pan or pizza pan which I have. You can use cast iron skillet. Place the cast iron pan on stove top, don’t heat yet, drizzle olive oil on the cast iron pan.
2. Now place the rolled out pizza base on the greased cast iron pan. Now turn on the heat and cook on lowest heat possible.
3. Meanwhile assemble the pizza. Spread some pizza sauce on top of the pizza.
4. Spread the chicken filling over the pizza, sprinkle a generous amount of mozzarella cheese on top of the chicken filling.
5. Be generous with the cheese. You have to cook the pizza on low heat for 5 minutes till the base gets little crispy.

Toppings for Pizza

1. Now for pizza toppings you can use whatever you like. For this type of pizza I like to use slices of onions, tomatoes and chopped bell peppers. If you enjoy olives, you can sprinkle some olives on top.

Broiling Pizza in oven

1. Once the base of the pizza gets little crispy on the base, pop it into the preheated oven. The oven is preheated at 250 degree C.
2. Place the cast iron pan under the Broil and cook for 1 to 2 minutes till the cheese gets bubbly and golden brown.
3. If you don’t have oven. You can continue cooking the pizza in the cast iron pan, but I will suggest you to cover and cook the pizza with a lid and cook on very low heat.
4. The pizza will be cooked in 8 to 10 minutes. By this time, the pizza base will be crispy and top will be cheesy and bubbly.

Serving pizza

1. Once the pizza comes out of the oven, immediately remove to a cooling rack or cutting board, slice into wedges and serve hot.