Cheese vegetable pizza

Pizzas are one of the most frequently eaten foods among youngsters around the world. The first thing that comes to your mind when one thinks of pizzas are cheese and veggies. The flavor of herbs and the coat of creamy cheese and sautéed veggies is something that one can simply fall in love with.

Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 20 mins
Baking Time:  45 minutes
Baking Temperature:  200°C
Serves- 2

Ingredients

Pizza base -4
Tomato sauce- ½ cup

For The Vegetable Topping
Baby corn(sliced and blanched) - 1/2 cup
Carrot (blanched and cubed) - 1/2 cup
Zucchini (cubed and blanched)- 1/2 cup
Red peppers (sliced)- 1/2 cup
Butter- 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper powder to taste

For The Cheese Sauce
Butter - 2 tbsp
Plain flour- 1 tbsp

Milk - 1/4 cup
Cheese (grated)- 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper powder to taste

Other Ingredients
Cheese (grated) - 1/2 cup
Oil for greasing

Method

For the vegetable topping

1. Heat the butter in a pan, add all the vegetables and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Season with salt and pepper and keep aside.

For the cheese sauce

1. Heat the butter in a pan. Add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
2. Slowly add 1/2 cup of water, stirring continuously so that no lumps form.
3. Add the milk, cheese, salt and pepper and bring to a boil, while stirring continuously.

Proceed with

1. Place one herb pizza base on a greased baking tray.
2. Spread half the cheese sauce on top of the base and then top with half the vegetables.
3. Spoon half the tomato sauce decoratively over the vegetables and then sprinkle 1/4 cup of grated cheese on top.
4. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°c for 20 minutes or till the base is evenly browned.
5. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make 3 more pizzas.
6. Serve hot.

Nutritional value

Serving size: 187g

Calories- 172kcal

Carbohydrate- 11g

Protein- 12g

Fat-10g

Dietary Fiber- 2.6g