Uttapam Pizza is a healthy yet tasty alternative to our very own pizza. Touches from the south India make it truly stand out and keeping you safe from frequent consumption of maida which is not quite great for health.
Preparation Time- 30min.
Cooking Time- 10 min.
Ingradients-
· Rice 2 cups
· Split black gram skinless (dhuli urad dal) 1 cup
· Salt to taste
· Oil as required
· ½ Cup or 6-8 tbspn Tomato sauce or pizza sauce
· ½ Cup Sweet corn boiled
· 3-4 Green olives sliced
· 2 tbspn Chopped onion
. 2 tbspn Chopped capsicum
· Mozzarella cheese grated 2 cups
Method-
For Uttapam batter-(Like dosa batter)
Soak rice in six cups of water and urad dal in four cups of water separately overnight.
Drain and grind them separately, using a little water, to a smooth paste. Mix them in a deep vessel.
Cover and keep the batter to ferment for a minimum of six to eight hours in a warm place.
For making Pizza–
Heat a tawa, put a teaspoon of oil and wipe with a muslin cloth. Spread a ladle of batter thickly. Cover and cook for a minute. Drizzle some oil all around.
Spread tomato sauce or pizza sauce on uttapam and Sprinkle sweet corn , olive slices, slice onion ,capsicum and grated mozzarella cheese. Cover and cook on low heat till the cheese begins to melt.
Now your Uttapam Pizza is ready .Serve hot.
Tomato sauce made up of tomato puree cooked with onion, garlic, salt and black pepper powder.