Pan pizza is a recipe that is made on the stovetop instead of using the traditional oven method. The recipe shared here is a vegetable pizza recipe.
We love pizza, especially the take-out ones! but sometimes when I crave home-style pizza I end up making this quick ( jhatpat ) pizza for a light meal or weekend snack.
Pan pizza also sometimes called as Tava pizza is an easy alternative to oven-baked pizza.
In recent years, you will find this pan pizza served on the streets of Mumbai. This desi way of cooking this vegetable pizza on pan / tava comes very helpful as in India many households don’t have ovens to bake pizza into.
Ingredients2 Storebought Pizza Base
4/5 Garlic Cloves roughly crushed
3 Onions roughly chopped
2 Tomatoes roughly chopped
2 Big Capsicum roughly chopped
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder (optional)
1 tsp Black Pepper Powder freshly crushed
Salt to taste
2 Cups Sweet Corns boiled
2 tbsp Pizza Sauce per Pizza Base
Chilli Flakes as per requirement
Mixed Italian Herbs as per requirement
1tsp Butter per Pizza Base
Mozzarella or Processed Cheese as per preference
2tbsp Oil
Method- First, we will cook the vegetables, we need to cook the vegetable just say 70-80% not all the way through.
- In a pan heat oil and add roughly crushed garlic and saute for 30 seconds, to this add onion, tomatoes & capsicum and saute on a medium flame for 10 minutes.
- Now add red chilli powder, salt, black pepper powder and saute till vegetables are half cooked. Switch off the flame and let the veggies cool down to room temperature.
- Take pizza base and spread pizza sauce.
- Now evenly spread the vegetables over the pizza base.
- Add a handful of cooked sweet corn over the vegetables and sprinkle chilli flakes, Italian herbs and a pinch of black pepper powder.
- Grate the cheese over the vegetable topping.
- In a deep non-stick pan, add a teaspoon of butter and spread across the pan, transfer the pizza base into the pan.
- Cover the pan and let the pizza roast on the lowest flame for about 12-15 minutes or until the cheese melts and the base becomes crisp
- Keep on checking the pizza occasionally.
- Once the base is crisp from the bottom and the cheese has melted, transfer the pizza to the chopping board & cut it into triangles.
- Vegetable Pan Pizza is ready.
- Serve hot.