Mini Pizza Cups, Recipe in Hindi (मिनी पिज्जा कप) by Tarla Dalal

Mini Pizza Cups, a fun party snack!!
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Mini Pizza Cups

Missing pizzas in a party menu? Well, worry not, turn your favourite dish into an handy format, which can be served on any occasion as a starter or as a snack. Muffin moulds are lined with pizza dough and baked with a topping of luscious white sauce based, veggie-packed mixture, pizza sauce, seasonings and of course, cheese – basically, all the usual pizza works! Voila, when you open the oven, you will find scrumptious Mini Pizza Cups waiting to be devoured!

Preparation Time: 25 minutes.
Cooking Time: 8 minutes.
Makes 11 mini pizza cups.
Baking Temperature: 200°C (400°F)
Baking Time: 20 to 25 minutes.

For the dough
½ tsp dry yeast
½ tsp sugar
1 cup plain flour (maida)
Plain flour (maida) for rolling

For the filling
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
¼ cup finely chopped onions
¼ cup finely chopped capsicum
1 cup finely chopped mushrooms (khumbh)
½ cup boiled sweet corn kernels (makai ke dane)
Salt to taste
1 cup white sauce

Other ingredients
½ cup pizza sauce
¾ cup grated processed cheese
Dry red chilli flakes for sprinkling
Dried mixed herbs for sprinkling

For the dough
1. Combine dry yeast, sugar and 2 tbsp of lukewarm water in a small bowl and mix well.
2. Cover with a lid and keep aside for 5 minutes.
3. Combine the plain flour, yeast-sugar mixture in a deep bowl and knead into a soft dough using enough water.
4. Cover the dough with a damp muslin cloth and keep aside for 1 hour.
5. Press the dough lightly to remove the air and divide the dough into 11 equal portions. Keep aside.

For the filling
1. Heat the oil in a broad non-stick pan, add the garlic and onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute.
2. Add the capsicum and sauté on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
3. Add the mushrooms, sweet corn kernels and salt, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 3 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
4. Add the white sauce, mix well and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
5. Divide the filling into 11 equal portion and keep aside.

How to proceed
1. Roll each portion of the dough into a 75 mm. (3”) diameter circle using some plain flour for rolling.
2. Press each rolled portion of the dough into the cavities of a greased muffin tray. Keep aside.
3. Fill each cavity with 2 tsp of pizza sauce and portion of the prepared filling.
4. Sprinkle 1 tbsp of cheese, little chilli flakes and little mixed herbs evenly in each pizza cup and bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C (400°F) for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve immediately.