Tomato Basil Flatbread

Heres a good one... I totally loved it for a change...

Easy...Less time taking...tasty

For the dough- All you need is:

3 cups- wheat flour

2 tsp- instant dry yeast

1 tsp- sugar

Salt to Taste

Water to knead

4-5 tsp olive oil

Topping:

2-3 medium sized tomatoes- thinly sliced

Salt to sprinkle 

Black pepper to sprinkle

Dried Basil to sprinkle

• Take half cup of luke warm water (105-115 degrees Celsius), put 1 tsp of sugar and sprinkle 2 tsp of yeast. Let the yeast rise for 10 mins.
• In a mixing bowl take flour, add salt, 2 tsp of olive oil.. mix well
• Add the yeast and more water as required to knead into a soft dough.
• Put 3 tsp of oil and smooth out the dough, cover the dish with a kitchen towel and let it rest for an hour.
• The dough will rise almost double, punch out the extra air.
• Section the dough into small balls and roll out into a circle.
• Heat pan, put half tsp oil, on low flame- place the disc, on top put 3-4 thinly sliced tomatoes, sprinkle some salt, black pepper and dried basil.
• Add another tsp oil on top, flip and sear it on high flame for 2 mins...
• All done, flip on to a plate, you can cut with a pizza cutter or have it like that.

I liked this bread as it doesn't take that long, its nice and soft, fluffy and tangy.

Way healthier than store bought bread and good for a change... you can bite on to it just like that and don't need any accompaniments.

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Lasagna

Hey everyone, this is my version of Lasagna.... turned out to be totally awesome... a hearty meal indeed.

I am yet to try different fillings and variations for this recipe,  there's a three tier filling- 

• Tangy tomato paste
• Cheesy filling
• Stir fried vegetables

I am going to divide the recipe as per layers-

TANGY TOMATO PASTE

4-5 tomatoes

1 green chilli

1 inch ginger

2tsp sugar

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/2 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp red chilli powder

1/2 tsp red chilli flakes

1 tsp oil/butter

• Grind the tomatoes, chilli and ginger into a paste
• Heat a skillet and add butter and sugar, as soon as the sugar starts to caramelize a bit add the tomato paste to it.
• Stir well and add salt, black pepper, oregano, chilli powder and flakes.
• Mix well on high flame and cover the skillet. 
• Keep stirring occasionally until the excess water has evaporated and turn off the heat, keep this aside.

CHEESY FILLING

1 and 1/2 cup ricotta cheese (paneer)

1/2 cup processed cheddar cheese

2 tsp fresh cream

Salt to taste

1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp parsley

1/2 tsp chilli flakes

• Take a mixing bowl, put all the ingredients and mix well, keep it aside for later.
• Don't mash the ricotta cheese too much...let there be lumps in the mix.

STIR FRIED VEGETABLES

4 medium sized carrots

3 green bell peppers

1/2 tsp black pepper

2 tsp olive oil

Salt to taste

• Heat olive oil in a deep bottomed pan, add carrots, green pepper, salt and pepper. 
• Stir and cook the vegetables on high flame, once nicely seared keep it aside.

LAYERING THE LASAGNA

• Boil water with salt and oil, add the lasagna sheets and cook until done.
• Take a glass baking dish, dash a little olive oil and grease the dish.
• Put one layer of boiled sheets at the bottom and smear the tomato paste generously.
• Put another layer of lasagna sheets and layer this with the cheese filling evenly.
• Put another layer and place the vegetables on top.
• Put the final layer on top, you can either sprinkle cheese on top, or fresh cream. Since I felt there was already too much cheese for my liking, I smeared fresh cream on top and final sheet.
• Cook for 20 minutes in a pre-heated oven at 190 degrees Celsius.

All done... hope you like my version!

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