Jasuben’s Pizza ~ A Street food from Ahmedabad ~ Simple Delicious Food Recipes

Jasuben Pizza is a delightful street food from Ahmedabad and is a popular homemade pizzas. These pizzas have no resemblance to the original pizzas as the base is a crisp biscuit with tomato ketchup and no fancy toppings, just what’s available goes on top. The highlight is the final topping with grated regular cheese.

I came to know about this street from when Vaishali posted it. Since J is a tough nut to crack and even though I had two other dishes to opt, I decided to go ahead with this.

Out of two other options, one was Jian Bing which is Chinese Crepes. One tough thing about these crepes is that it is entirely made with eggs. I just won’t be able to replace it with anything else!. Next was Jolada rotti, which is also a common street food in Andhra. I came across these in my Inlaws place where they sell these homemade Rottis along with Mirapakaya Bajjis or Battered Chilli Bajjis. Typically you stuff the rotti with the chillis and eat! I tell you, its utter bliss!

Anyway coming back to our Jesu ben Pizza, these are small pizzas with the base being very crisp almost like a biscuit, with a puree like a tomato ketchup and simple toppings. The highlight of the whole dish comes in the part where cheese is added after its baked, and added very lavishly over it and served. Again the cheese is regular and not the mozzarella cheese.

Talking about these pizzas, I had planned on a Pizza night for the kids and kneaded a huge dough. In the whole hectic cooking marathon where I was cooking about 7 to 8 dishes again, I simply didn’t read through the recipe properly! I clicked and done and then something prompted me to check. Lo I read that processed cheese to be added directly and should not be melted! By then all the pizzas were over and I had no energy left to bake anymore. So I ended up redoing this again, ensuring I remember the final step. Konda had this for her share and even she felt that much cheese on top is simply too much!

I used the same dough that I had made for another dish, however noting down what Vaishali had given. So this sinful cheesy Pizza is my choice for J in the A to Z International Street Foods Want to know what the Flatbread for J is? check this post.

Jasuben’s Pizza

In this A to Z International Street Foods:

A for Arancini
B for Bunny Chow
C for Chatamari
D for Dürüm
E for Empanada
F for Fataa’ir Farmaajo
G for Gilgeori Toast
H for Hua Juan Bao
I for Imqarrun il-Forn
How to make Jasuben’s Pizza

Step by Step Pictures for making Jasuben’s Pizza

Indian Pizza

Jasuben’s Pizza ~ A Street food from Ahmedabad

For Pizza Crust

1 cup All Purpose Flour
2 tsp oil
1/2 tsp Carom Seeds
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
Salt to taste
Water as required to knead to a soft dough

For the Pizza Sauce

2 cups Tomato Puree
1 cup Onions
1 tsp Red Chilli Powder
Italian Seasonings
1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Butter
1 /2 tsp Sugar

Other Toppings
Onions cubed
Capsicum cubed
Paneer cubed and roasted
Processed Cheese grated

For Pizza Crust

Take all the ingredients in a bowl, knead to soft dough. Let it rest for 30 mins.
Pinch out balls and roll into small chapatis.

For the Pizza Sauce

Blanch the tomatoes. peel them and puree them.
Heat a nonstick pan with butter, add chopped onions and sauté.
Next, add the tomato pulp and cook for about 5-7 minutes.
Add salt, sugar red chilli powder. Finally, add Italian Seasoning and ketchup
Cool and blend this to a smooth puree.

Assembling the pizza
Place the rolled chapati on a baking tray.
Spread the tomato purée.
Sprinkle the chopped onions, capsicum and paneer
Preheat oven to 200 C and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Top with grated cheese.

Note

Since I had already clicked pictures for step by step the first time, I didn’t click again. However, the actual dish will have grated cheese finally topped.

Jasuben’s Pizza ~ A Street food from Ahmedabad

CourseDinner, Snacks
CuisineGujarathi
By Cook MethodOven
OccasionEvening Snack, Party
By DietKid Friendly
Dish TypeStreet Food

Ingredients

For Pizza Crust

1cup All Purpose Flour
2tsp Olive Oil
1/2tsp Carom Seeds
1/2tsp Baking Powder
Salt to taste
Water as required to knead to a soft dough

For the Pizza Sauce

Other Toppings

Onions cubed
Capsicum cubed
Paneer cubed and roasted
Processed Cheesegrated

Instructions

For Pizza Crust

Take all the ingredients in a bowl, knead to soft dough. Let it rest for 30 mins.
Pinch out balls and roll into small chapatis.

For the Pizza Sauce

Blanch the tomatoes. peel them and puree them.
Heat a nonstick pan with butter, add chopped onions and sauté.
Next, add the tomato pulp and cook for about 5-7 minutes.
Add salt, sugar red chilli powder. Finally, add Italian Seasoning and ketchup
Cool and blend this to a smooth puree.

Assembling the pizza

Place the rolled chapati on a baking tray.
Spread the tomato purée.
Sprinkle the chopped onions, capsicum and paneer
Preheat oven to 200 C and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Top with grated cheese.

Recipe Notes

Since I had already clicked pictures for step by step the first time, I didn’t click again. However, the actual dish will have grated cheese finally topped.