Regular Pizza? Nah, Go for Turkish Pide!
First month of a New Year and we have a Divine Cuisine. It's the Turkish Cuisine, read the recipe of its exceptional traditional food, Pide!
Turkish cuisine is for when you are wanting to satisfy your taste buds with delicious food. Turkey being the delightful country it is serves us with the perfect soul food everyone desires. From their famous Şiş kebap, Döner, Kofte, Baklava, and more we have brought to you one special Turkish dish that often gets ignored, Pide. It's simply a Turkish Pizza and that's the reason it isn't given much attention. But let us tell you it's a special Turkish dish which is ideal comfort food with mouth-watering taste, different flavors and will make you drool.
If you have been to the country and are regretting not eating Pide, don't worry we are here, an easy peasy recipe of this traditional dish to surprise your friends and family with when they come over. The recipe we have mentioned below takes about 45 minutes and has under 500 calories that makes it a perfect midweek meal!
Ingredients
- Ciabatta bread mix
- Olive oil
- 1 Onion
- 2 crushed garlic cloves
- ½ Red pepper, seeded and diced
- ½ Green pepper, seeded and diced
- ¼ tsp Chilli flakes
- ¼ tsp ground cumin
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- Flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- Grated Halloumi
- Melted Butter
Recipe
1. To make the bread base for Pide, just follow the instructions mentioned behind the packet of Ciabatta bread mix and keep the base aside while you work for the filling.
2. In a non-stick pan, once heated add 1 tbsp oil, onions (and any other veggies you prefer like mushrooms, capsicum, tomatoes & more), garlic, and peppers. Cook until it turns soft or light brown.
3. Top it off with parsley when soft and remove from heat.
4. Add grated halloumi and mix well.
5. Keep the pepper mixture aside and preheat the oven at 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
6. Divide the Ciabatta bread dough into 3-4 and roll it into an oval shape.
7. Spread the cheese and pepper evenly between the oval doughs leaving a 1cm border.
8. Carefully pinch the dough at each end making it a slipper shape.
9. Bake for about 20 minutes to make sure it's golden and well puffed. After removing from oven make sure to brush the bread with melted butter.
10. And voila you have your Turkish Pizza ready. You can serve this with pickled chilies dip!
From the December-January 2021 issue of FHM India.
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