Prep Time: 05 Hours

Cook Time: 02 Hours

Servings: 4 Servings

Pizza is a savoury dish of Italian origin but has become a favourite of every child in India. The traditional pizzas are made from refined flour, refined salt, sugar, processed dairy and other unhealthy ingredients.

This pizza uses a vegetable for its crust and uses relatively healthy ingredients, is oil-free, dairy-free, grain-free as well.

Ingredients

Crust

• Cauliflower 2
• Unrefined salt
• 200gms Un-roasted flax powder

Sauce / Curry

• Chopped tomatoes 4
• Chopped onions 2
• Fresh basil leaves
• Unrefined salt
• 1 tsp Red chilli powder

Cheese

• 1/2c soaked cashew
• 1/2 tsp mustard
• Unrefined salt
• 1 tsp pepper
• 3-4 cloves garlic
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Spices / Vegetables

• Italian seasoning mix  (dry thyme, oregano, basil, parsley)
• Slices of cucumber
• Slices of capsicum
• Slices of onion
• Any veggies of your choice

Method

To make the cheese

• Soak the cashew for 3-4 hrs
• Grind with very little water, mustard, garlic, pepper, salt and lemon juice. Keep aside the paste

To make the sauce/curry

• In a dry pan, roast the onions until they are browning
• Add chopped tomatoes till they are finely cooked
• Add basil, chilli powder and salt and switch off

To make the crust

• Remove the florets from the cauliflower, wash them thoroughly
• Prepare some boiling water, add some salt to it and switch off.
• Add the florets to it and let it get disinfected for 5 mins.
• Remove the florets and use a food processor/mixie and shred the cauliflower florets to a fine powdery consistency. Let's call this cauliflower rawa
• To remove all the water from the rawa, use a nut milk bag and squeeze all the water out. It can have about 2-3 tsp of water. You can use this water for any other dish that you make on the same day.
• For every cup of this cauliflower raw, mix 1/4c flax powder, salt to taste
• Knead them to a uniformly mixed dough
• Preheat the oven to 180c
• On a tray lined with parchment paper, take a big ball of the dough and press it to a round and flat shape.

• Bake for 30 mins on 2 rods. Every oven is different. Hence check for browning on the crust.
• Once the colour is brown, turn and bake on the other side for 5 mins

• Next, remove the crust, spread any tomato sauce / homemade tomato curry on the base, line them with vegetables of your choice, sprinkle Italian seasoning, salt and pepper and bake for an additional 2-3 mins. You can also top it with a curry that has partially cooked vegetables.

• Remove them from the oven, spread the cashew cheese and enjoy!

Note:

• This crust can also be roasted on an iron Tawa, but it will be relatively softer than an oven-baked crust.
• For people looking for nut-free options, cashew can be replaced with melon seeds.

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