You may call them Indian-style tortillas or Mini Pizza bites.  These are made from whole-wheat flour, low-fat paneer, veggies of your choice, and cheese, of course.  This dish can come in handy as a quick snack for school tiffins or when you are looking for some mid-lunch savoury bites.

Feel free to customise it to suit your taste.

 

It is an on-the-go dish which is easy, healthy and yummy.  Your choice of veggies can turn this into quite a visual treat for your eyes.  We all know that we first eat with our eyes before we even taste the dish.

 

These mini pizza bites can be made from fresh whole-wheat flatbreads or your regular chappati.   So, what are you waiting for? Create and serve this nutritious, magical snack and see these delicious mini-bites vanish in a jiffy.

 

Only condition is it should look restaurant-style.

 

Mini Paneer Pizza Bites
Per 100g serving = 180 calories

Ingredients :

For the Pizza Base

• Whole-Wheat Flour
• Water for kneading a soft dough
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tsp of oil

Method :

1. In a wide mixing bowl add wheat flour, salt and first give a quick mix for salt to be even. Then add water little by little, gather to form a soft pliable dough.
2. After kneading the dough add 1/2 teaspoon oil and knead it once again for a few minutes.
3. The dough should not be too tight or too loose. Allow it to rest for a while until.
4. Then roll the dough into a big flatbread or chapati and use a ring cutter or a steel bowl to cut into mini pizza bases.
5. Heat a Tava or griddle and cook these mini pizza flatbreads with a drizzle of oil evenly on both sides.

For the topping :

• 100g Paneer / Cottage Cheese (Cut into small cubes)
• ½ tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1 tbsp cheese spread
• A pinch of turmeric
• Garlic 3 -4 cloves finely Chopped
• 1 Capsicum finely chopped
• Few Black Olives
• ½ cup Grated Cheese of Choice (Cheddar or Mozarella)
• Pizza Seasoning (Oregano & Chilli Flakes)
• Tomato Sauce
• Iceberg Lettuce leaves
• Crushed Black pepper
• A pinch of Salt

 

Method :

1. Marinate the cubed paneer with salt, red chilli powder and turmeric and keep aside for 10 minutes. Heat oil in pan, toss in the finely chopped garlic and cook until brown.
2. Add the marinated paneer to the pan and cook gently for 2 to 3 minutes and set aside
3. Now in a large plate assemble the mini pizza bases, apply some cheese bread on them and start assembling the topping by placing the iceberg lettuce leaves, the cooked paneer, finely chopped capsicum, black olives and grated cheese.
4. You could toss these assembled pizza bites in an preheated oven for 10 minutes or cook in an air-fryer.
5. Once done sprinkled the crushed black pepper, pizza seasonings, and drizzle some tomato sauce and serve the hot mini pizzas.

 

 

Handy tips:

1. This is a great recipe if you are using leftover chapati or rotis. It will cut your cooking time by half.
2. To further save time you could cook the paneer the previous day, then all you have to do is assemble the toppings and bake till the cheese melts.
3. Do not skip to apply the cheese spread at the base before layering the vegetable toppings, else the pizza base will get soggy (and nobody likes soggy pizzas)