Meera Sodha’s Golden Mile Pizza – Recipe

Would you for illustration Italian tonight, aliases Indian? Thanks to this pizza, you tin person both. This look is written successful representation of nan beloved pizza of my youth:​ a vegetarian delight ​t​hat I ate connected nan regular pinch my cousins​ astatine 1 of nan galore Indian-Italian restaurants connected Leicester’s Belgrave Road (AKA nan Golden Mile) circa 1990, correct earlier washing it down pinch Rubicon mango juice and doing handbrake turns successful a adjacent car park.

Golden mile pizza

This look was published successful my book, Dinner, past year.​ The mixed comes together successful ​f​ive minutes successful a nutrient processor and proves overnight successful nan fridge. You’ll request to commencement nan time before, but it tin beryllium kept successful nan fridge for up to 4 days. You’ll request 2 ample containers aliases bowls to beryllium nan dough​ in, a 30​cm x 40cm tray ​for nan pizza, and immoderate chaat masala, which you tin ​g​et from immoderate Indian supermarket​ aliases online.

Prep 15 min
Rest/prove 1 time +
Cook 40 min
Makes 2 ample pizzas, to provender 4

For nan dough
3 tbsp rapeseed oil, positive other for greasing
750g beardown breadstuff flour, positive other for dusting
1 tbsp caster sugar
2 tsp fine salt
7g (2 tsp) instant yeast

For nan sauce
1 tbsp rapeseed oil
2 ail cloves, peeled and crushed
400g tin chopped tomatoes
½ tsp kashmiri chilli powder
2 tbsp herb ketchup
½ tsp good oversea salt

For nan toppings
200g grated mozzarella
300g cherry tomatoes, halved
100g sweetcorn kernels, caller aliases stiff and defrosted
1 greenish pepper, stalk, pith and seeds discarded, soma trim into 1cm-thick slices (100g net)
½ ample reddish onion (100g), peeled and trim into ¾cm-thick slices
2 125g balls fresh mozzarella, drained and torn

For nan chaat masala oil
2 greenish digit chillies, very finely chopped
1 tbsp chaat masala
4 tbsp rapeseed oil

Grease nan 2 tubs aliases bowls that you’re going to usage to shop nan mixed successful nan fridge. In a nutrient processor, beat nan flour, sugar, brackish and yeast a fewer times, until good mixed. Add nan rapeseed lipid and 500ml lukewarm water, beat again until nan mixed comes together into a ball, past proceed to operation for different 20 seconds.

Pop nan mixed connected a lightly floured aboveground and knead for 5 minutes, until you person a soft ball. Divide nan mixed successful two, rotation into balls and popular 1 successful each greased container. Cover pinch a lid aliases clingfilm, past chill successful nan fridge for astatine slightest a day, and up to four.

To make nan herb sauce, power nan lipid successful a saucepan connected a mean heat. When it’s hot, adhd nan ail and sweat, stirring, for up to a minute, until it turns sticky. Add nan tomatoes and kashmiri chilli, time off to bubble distant for 10 minutes, past operation successful nan ketchup and salt, and return disconnected nan heat.

On nan time you want to make your pizzas, return nan mixed retired of nan fridge astatine slightest an hr earlier baking. Fifteen minutes earlier you want to navigator them, power nan oven to its hottest mounting – ideally astir 280C (260C fan)/535F/gas 10 – and move an oven rack to nan centre of nan oven. Have fresh each nan toppings successful beforehand of you successful mini bowls. In different mini bowl, operation nan finely chopped chillies, chaat masala and oil.

Grease 2 oven trays and your hands pinch oil. Gently push and agelong 1 shot of mixed into 1 tray, until it’s an moreover thickness and reaches correct into nan corners; beryllium observant not to push retired each nan aerial bubbles successful nan dough, particularly astatine nan edges.

Spoon half nan herb condiment connected to nan pizza guidelines and dispersed it retired evenly pinch nan backmost of a ample spoon. Scatter half nan toppings complete nan top, starting pinch nan grated mozzarella, past nan cherry tomatoes, followed by nan sweetcorn, greenish pepper, bulb and, finally, nan torn caller mozzarella. Bake for 15 minutes, until nan food is bubbling and browning, past region and drizzle nan chaat masala chilli lipid complete nan top. Slice into 8 wedges and tuck in. Repeat pinch nan remaining pizza mixed and toppings.