Rice Flakes and Sweet Potato Crust Pizza
Leftovers are becoming the aunt of innovation! A lot of times, I end up innovating some dish just because I had some leftovers. This pizza is a result of one of those experiments.
I had made poha (rice flakes) last night but ended up soaking more than required. While I was storing the poha, an idea struck my mind. I thought this could become the crust of a pizza. So, the next day, I was looking for something to mix with poha that could bind it and I didn’t want gluten. Looked up the refrigerator and found half sweet potato left from my navratra fasts. And, here is the result – a healthy pizza. You can also replace the sweet potato with a regular potato.
Rice Flakes and Sweet Potato Crust Pizza
Ingredients for the pizza crust
- Soaked Rice Flakes – 2 cups
- Sweet Potato – 1 cup (boiled and grated). Can be substituted with a regular potato
- Cornmeal – 2 tbsp (optional)
- Mix Cheese – 1/2 cup (grated)
- Sea Salt – to taste
- Herbs (thyme/oregano/basil/rosemry/dill/parsley) – 2 tbsp
- Cooking spray
Ingredients for toppings
- Parmesan Cheese – 4 tbsp (grated)
- Mix Cheese – 1/2 cup (grated)
- Arrabiata sauce – 4 tbsp
- Sea salt – to taste
- Oregano – 1 tbsp
- Vegetables of your choice ( I used mushrooms, red and yellow bell peppers, and black olives)
Method for rice flake and sweet potato pizza crust
- Mix the soaked rice flakes, grated sweet potato and the corn meal (if using).
- Add salt, grated mix cheese and herbs.
- Mix well and the dough for the crust is ready.
Assembling the rice flake and sweet potato pizza
- Line a baking sheet on the tray and pre-heat the oven to 250 C
- Spary some cooking oil.
- Make two balls from the prepared crust dough.
- Place one of them on the baking tray and pat into a round pizza crust.
- Bake it for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Take out from the oven and spread half of the arrabiata sauce.
- Next spread the veggies, sprinkle some sea salt & oregano, and top it up with half of the grated mix cheese and parmesan cheese.
- Bake for another 10 minutes. The cheese should start melting and bubbling.
- Garnish with some more oregano.
- Repeat for the second portion.
Easy, isn’t it? Have a healthy pizza!
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