“You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.”- Yogi Berra
Hi there friends, HAPPY SUNDAY!!
The story of two hours minus the boys.
With coffee mugs in our hands and hours to ourselves felt odd.
I had some leftover pizza dough sitting in the fridge and a huge batch of zucchini from a friends’s garden.
And what was better than that, Mr G offered to help with the pictures and I didn’t deny him the pleasure.
The next hour was like a military drill with Drill Sergeant G:
1. Set up the board, give me the pizza- take pics
2. Add the zucchini next to it – take pics
3. Set up the cheese – take pics
4. Hold the reflector properly…
5. Move the table to the lighted spot
6. Slice the pizza – take pics..
7. Move quickly, the lights going…
Should I be thrilled the next time he offers??
Time to pick up the boys. He went and I enjoyed my zucchini pizza, all by myself. I deserve it.
Now to our pizza. The dough is awfully easy, dump, stir and let rise. It’s is a thin crust mixed grain pizza, topped with pesto or green chutney spread all over with thinly sliced zucchini. Do you believe when people say, ‘it tastes way better than it’s name and looks”?. THIS WAS one of that.
ZUCCHINI MULTI GRAIN PIZZA WITH GREEN CHUTNEY/PESTO
Ingredients:
For the Pizza Base:
1 1/2 cup of Bread flour or All purpose flour
For the GREEN CHUTNEY:
- 1 cup of basil
- 1 cup of coriander
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 green chilly
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp pine nuts
- 1/2 tsp salt or accordingly
- few turns of pepper
- Yellow and Green Zucchini thinly sliced
Method:
For the dough:
For the Green Chutney/Pesto
Putting it together:
Serve with some salad or alone, perfect anyway.
Note- if you don’t have rye or cornmeal, you can add the equal quantity of whole wheat flour.
ENJOY!!
wow !! this luks gorgeous Asha..very neatly done and soo healthy too !!
Confession time because I have never made pizza before. Actually its because we are more of rice eaters. But……such lovely pizza,made skilfully will be appreciated. I particularly like how the zucchini pieces are arranged on top.
Never thought healthy pizza could look and taste so good!
Waiting to try it out myself.
Thanks Sona, yes, it is very healthy minus all the cheese.
@ Nav, I get you, my dad’s not a pizza eater and he squirms everytime I make anything other than South Indian meals..
@ Reshma, thanks honey. Please let me know how you liked this version.
Wow! Loved the zucchini slices on top of the pizza.. Very healthy recipe Asha 🙂
So neatley done. Loved ur clicks & the pizza looks very tempting. You really have patience to place the zucchini so neatly.
A fabulous pizza! Very original. That chutney must taste really good.
Cheers,
Rosa
This healthy and beautiful pizza looks awesome!
Hi this is absolutely delish……wow that pic makes me hungry
Thank you friends for taking the time to comment and for your gracious compliments.
Can I borrow your husband? Your photos are terrific (as is your pizza!!!!).
This pizza looks amazing! I love zucchini, and the green chutney sounds amazing! So nice you got to enjoy it in peace.
Wow … Its perfect & awesome:)
Liz, anytime my dear, he would love that:)..
@ Marcie, yes after all the work he made me do, I did enjoy it.
@ Shanthi, thank you so much for visiting and for your comment.
That is a super healthy pizza! Thanks for dropping by my blog, it lead me to yours.. It’s so nice to meet you, Asha!
Haha! I take pictures with my husband yet it’s still chaotic. The zucchini is lining up so beautifully! I love veggies in pizza! Looks delicious!
At least you got help from the hubby, which is tremendous!
Love this dainty pizza, filled with so much flavor 🙂
This is so gorgeous, Asha! I love the look of this pizza and your green chutney. Brilliant!
what a great idea for the crust. I am too anxious too use anything that involves yeast 🙁 so glad you had time to enjoy alone
A perfect summer tart that I can enjoy and still feel virtuous doing so! 🙂
Looks yummy asha !! I love green chutney and zucchini .. I am gonna try it . thanks for sharing and yea i love the red background too 🙂
Just discovered your blog.
Love the zucchini pizza, it looks very tasty!
Our apartment has so many kids and they are so noisy that even though we don’t have kids, we can almost feel the non stop hustle bustle the parents go through. A lone time with that pizza would be perfect!
What a gorgeous pizza! I love homemade pizza because they are just more fresh and tasty, plus, I can use whatever topping I love. Can’t wait to make this one. My kids love veggies.
Gorgeous presentation…I love how you have neatly lined up the zucchini on the pizza. The chutney is a real plus because adds so much flavor to the pizza. Have a great summer day!!!
Absolutely wonderful dish and totally ‘my’ kind of cooking
Looks awesome!!
I want to try that green chutney just coz it has Basil in it… 🙂 Beautiful yet simple this pizza is. Neatly done.