Chicken Tikka Pizza

(Serves 2-3)

• Ingredients
  • Pizza Dough
    • 2 cups plain flour
    • 2 tsp yeast
    • 1 tsp sugar
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1 Tbsp olive oil
    • ~3/4 cups warm water
  • Tomato Sauce
    • 2 cups chopped tomatoes (~4 large tomatoes)
    • 3 cloves garlic, ground into paste
    • 1 medium onion, chopped
    • 1 tsp paprika powder
    • 1 tsp oregano
    • 1 tsp basil
    • 1 tsp salt
    • 1/2 tsp sugar
    • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • Chicken
    • 200 g boneless chicken, cut into bitesize pieces
    • 1/4-1/2 inch ginger, ground into paste
    • 2 cloves garlic, ground into paste
    • 1 green chili, ground into paste (together with ginger and garlic)
    • 2 Tbsp yoghurt
    • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
    • 1 Tbsp tandoori masala
    • 1/2 tsp salt
    • 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • Other
    • 100-150 g grated cheese (I used Emmentaler, but do whatever you want)
    • Butter for greasing pan
    • Other toppings, e.g. mushrooms (optional)
• Instructions
  • Chicken
    • Marinate chicken for 1 hour in all ingredients except for oil
    • Fry in oil for 10-15 minutes, until the liquid from the marinade has evaporated
    • Note: If you want to do this properly, you should grill the chicken, but this is easier to do in a normal home...
  • Pizza Dough
    • Put flour into bowl
    • Create mould in the middle and add sugar, yeast, and enough warm water to fill the mould
    • Leave for 10 minutes, until the water starts bubbling
    • Add salt, olive oil, and the rest of the water and knead well (you may need to adjust the amount of water or add more flour)
    • Leave to rise for 30-60 minutes
  • Tomato Sauce
    • Fry onions in oil until golden
    • Add garlic paste and fry briefly
    • Add tomatoes and other ingredients
    • Simmer for ~30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it becomes fairly thick
    • Note: You may want to either blanche the tomatoes or blend them so you don't have pieces of skin in the sauce, although I personally don't mind too much
  • Combined
    • Grease pan (about 13x9 in. or something like that - my first one was about 12.5x10.5...; I guess a 6 in. round pan would work too) and shape dough to fit into it
    • Add tomato sauce on top and spread until the dough is completely covered
    • Add chicken pieces (and optionally other toppings)
    • Sprinkle grated cheese on top
    • Bake for 20 minutes at 200 degrees celsius