Achari Chicken Pizza

(Serves 2-3)

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• Ingredients
  • Pizza Dough
    • Same as chicken tikka pizza
  • Achari Chicken
    • 200 g chicken, cut into bitesize pieces
    • 1/4 inch ginger, ground into paste
    • 2 cloves garlic, ground into paste
    • 1 small onion, chopped finely
    • 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
    • 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
    • 1/4 tsp nigella seeds
    • 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
    • 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes (~1 large tomato)
    • 1/3 cup yoghurt
    • 1/2-1 green chili, chopped
    • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp sugar
    • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • Other
    • 150-200 g grated cheese (I used a mixture of mozzarella and emmentaler)
    • Butter for greasing pan
• Instructions
  • Pizza Dough
    • Same as chicken tikka pizza
  • Achari Chicken
    • Heat oil and sputter the seeds
    • Note: Due to a freak accident of nature, I didn't manage to sputter the seeds when I tried it, and I'm not sure it's really that important - you could probably even use ground spices instead of the whole seeds if that's all you have
    • Add chopped onion and fry until golden
    • Add ginger and garlic paste and keep frying briefly
    • Add salt, sugar, and chicken pieces and fry until chicken is brown
    • Add chopped tomatoes, chili, yoghurt, and lemon juice
    • Simmer on medium heat with lid closed for 10 minutes
    • Remove lid and keep simmering until remaining liquid is fairly thick
  • Combined
    • Grease pan (12x8 inches will do, but you can also go slightly bigger - you can also take a larger pan and just roll the dough up a bit at the sides instead of getting the perfect size of pan) and shape dough to fit it
    • Spread chicken over dough
    • Sprinkle grated cheese on top
    • Bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees celsius