Spicy Paneer pizza with pesto sauce

Let us first make our pesto sauce before we put other ingredients together for our spicy paneer pizza.
Wash two cups of basil leaves, washed and dried.  Put in the grinder, add 1/2 cup of olive oil, add 3 tablespoons of walnuts, 2 cloves of garlic, juice of one lemon, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese(grated) and  black pepper.  Once this sauce is made store it in a box in the refrigerator.

When I realised that mozarella cheese is very fattening, I thought about ways to make my pizza healthy without compromising the taste.  So I started using cheddar cheese and spicy paneer as a topping for my pizza.

For paneer topping:
In a big pan, put 2 litres of milk to boil.  Just before it boils add lemon juice or white vinegar( about 2 tblsp) to curdle the milk.  Strain the curdled milk through a muslin cloth to allow all whey and moisture to drain.  Hang it on a kitchen sink tap.  Once water drains, put it under weight for an hour or so to set this in a block.  Once block is set, cut paneer into small cubes and put it aside.  In the meanwhile, take a heavy skillet, heat a tsp of oil, add a tsp of cumin seeds to splutter, add one big diced onion and one green pepper(optional).  When onion turn light pink, add salt to taste and a tsp of coriander powder and 1/2 tsp of lemon pepper.  Now add paneer cubes to it and saute for a minute or so.  
Now put aside some diced onions, tomatoes, green pepper(bell pepper), black olives and grated cheddar cheese.
Putting Pizza together for baking:
Take a wheat flour nan, spread some pesto sauce on it. 

Add paneer mix, grated cheddar, diced onions, tomatoes, green pepper and olives on the pesto basted pizza base.

Now bake in the pre heated 400 degree F oven( or 250 degree C) for 12 minutes.

This afternoon we had this pizza for lunch.  My husband who is not too generous with complements said: "Wow, this pizza tastes excellent."

So try this home made pizza and surprise your family and friends.






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