Friday, July 11, 2008

hostel memories and chicken pineapple pizza

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CHICKEN AND PINEAPPLE PIZZA,..ONE PIZZA AND LOTS OF MEMORIES,..TWO YRS BACK WHEN I WAS IN HOSTEL,WHENEVER WE FELT LIKE EATING PIZZA,..WE USED TO POOL IN MONEY BE IT OUR ROOMMATES,BATCH MATES OR FRIENDS..AND ORDER LARGE PIZZA..OR SOMETIMES PAN PIZZA..I FORGOT THE NAME ITS BEEN QUITE A LONG TIME,..BUT PINEAPPLE AND CHICKEN COMBINATION WAS OUR FAVOURITE...TOGETHER WITH GARLIC BREAD,SALAD AND COLD DRINKS WHAT A MEAL WE USED TO HAVE...GOOD BREAK WE USED TO GET FROM OUR REGULAR MESS FOOD,..POOL IN,..NOW SOUNDS SO STRANGE ,SOMETIMES SMALL THINGS IN LIFE BRING GREAT HAPPINESS,.,.EATING PIZZA WE USED TO CHAT,,,IN OTHER WORDS ANOTHER WAY TO SIT TOGETHER AND TALK,.BEING STUDENTS WE HAD OTHER EXPENSES TOO,..SO 90 BUCKS FOR SMALL PIZZA SEEMED LOTS TO US THAT TIME,..SO IT WAS BETTER TO POOL IN...PIZZA HUT,DOMINOS WERE OUR REGULAR ONES,..AND WITHIN 30MINUTES THEY USED TO DELIVER TOO,..AND AS MY ROOM USED TO FACE THE GATE WE USED TO KEEP CHECKING WHETHER DELIVERY MAN HAS COME OR NOT...THEN ONE OF US USED TO RUSH DOWN WITH MONEY TO GET PIZZA UPSTAIRS,..WHAT FUN...WHAT CAREFREE DAYS

THIS POST IS DEDICATED TO ALL MY HOSTEL FRIENDS,..MISS U ALL LOTZ MY FRENS,..SPECIALLY YESTERDAY WHEN I PREPARED CHICKEN PINEAPPLE PIZZA FOR THE FIRST TIME,..THIS ONE IS FOR U ALL...

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YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THOUGHT OF EXPERIMENTING WITH PINEAPPLE AND CHICKEN WHILE MAKING TOPPING FOR PIZZA

HERE GOES THE INGREDIENTS I USED

PIZZA BASE WAS PREPARED ONE

INGREDIENTS FOR TOPPINGS

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CAPSICUM RED,YELLOW AND GREEN HALF OF EACH CHOPPED
CHEESE GRATED I USED CHEDDAR CHEESE ONE CUP
ONION ONE CHOPPED
CHICKEN BONELESS 300GM
TANDOORI CHICKEN PASTE ONE TBSP
TOMATO PUREE TWO TBSP
TOMATO KETCHUP TWO TBSP
SALT TO TASTE
OIL TO COOK
BLACK PEPPER CRUSHED
TWO TBSP CANNED PINEAPPLE

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PROCEDURE

FOR ONION TOMATO PASTE

HEAT OIL IN WOK
ADD THREE FOURTH OF CHOPPED ONIONS,
KEEP STIRRING WHEN ONIONS START TURNING BROWN
ADD TOMATO PUREE,KETCHUP AND SALT AND PEPPER
ONCE IT BECOMES THICK REMOVE FROM FLAME

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FOR TANDOORI CHICKEN TOPPING

MARINATE CHICKEN IN TANDOORI PASTE FOR HALF AN HOUR
HEAT OIL IN WOK
ADD THE MARINATED CHICKEN AND KEEP STIRRING TILL IT BECOMES SOFT
ADD WATER IF NEEDED,ONCE DONE KEEP ASIDE

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TO START WITH TOPPING

SPREAD PREPARED ONION TOMATO PASTE ON THE PIZZA BASE
ADD COOKED TANDOORI CHICKEN IN THE CENTRE
ADD CHOPPED CAPSICUM AND ONIONS ON THE SIDE
SPREAD PINEAPPLE SLICES ON TOP,..
AND TO FINISH ADD GRATED CHEESE FOLLOWED BY TOMATO KETCHUP

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FINAL PROCEDURE OF HEATING THE PIZZA CAN BE DONE EITHER IN MICROWAVE OR IN OTG,..

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I USED MICROWAVE OVEN AND MICROWAVED PIZZA FOR TWO MINUTES..

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12 comments:

Unknown said...

nice write up priyanka...hostel and college days are fun...i too miss them..nice pizza...

SpicyTasty said...

Nice memories and the pizza looks absolutely delicious.

Indian Khana said...

My my...Pizza...mu mein pani aa raha hai....man I guess you are not going to leave any cuisine type untouched ;)...lovely writeup...we all miss school/college days !!

Unknown said...

Takes back my memories to my hostel days too..Lovely pizza

KALVA said...

Pizza looks yum dear.........

ST said...

Pizza looks yummy and delicious...... I also miss college days......

Srikitchen said...

omg! what a mouthwatering recipe! really we cant get a chance to go back to our school and college days and to enjoy again...

Alpa said...

what a nice post, i'm sure your friends are hungry after seeing the pics!

bha said...

pooling in for pizza....we still do it....nice combo for the pizza topping

notyet100 said...

thnks frens for such nice words,..
regards
notyte100

Unknown said...

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Cooking Station said...

made pizza yesterday, it came out nice :) thanks for sharing your recipe..you can check out cooking station in few hours for the post.