Chicken Pizza Flower Pops

Ingredients:


For the pizza base:

3 cups all purpose flour/ maida
2 tbsp milk powder
1 3/4 tsp instant yeast
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp oregano
3 tbsp oil
luke warm water, as required for kneading

For chicken topping:

250 gm boneless chicken
1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/4 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp soy sauce
salt to taste


Other topping ingredients:

pizza sauce, homemade or ready-made (as required)
1 small onion, chopped
1 capsicum, chopped
1/2-1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp crushed red chilli flakes
1 tbsp tomato sauce
grated mozzarella cheese, as required

Preparation:

1. In a large bowl, add flour, yeast, baking powder, milk powder, sugar, salt and oregano and mix well together.
2. Add oil to this and mix well. Then add warm water little by little and knead well to a smooth dough and keep it aside covered for about 2-3 hours.
3. In a bowl, add the cleaned chicken and marinate it with chilli powder, turmeric powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, soy sauce and salt.
4. Heat 2-3 tbsp oil in a pan and fry the marinated chicken on low flame till done. Cut the chicken pieces into cubes and keep it aside.
5. Take the dough out, punch it down and knead it again for a minute. Divide it into two portions and roll the dough in a floured surface using a rolling pin and cut out flower shapes using a flower shaped cookie cutter.
6. Place them on a greased pizza pan/ baking tray lined with parchment paper.
7. Spread little pizza sauce on each pizza flower and sprinkle little grated cheese.
8. Then add chopped onion and capsicum and top it with fried chicken pieces.
9. Top it with shredded mozzarella cheese and sprinkle little chilli flakes, oregano and drop little tomato sauce on top.
10. Bake them in a preheated oven at 180 degree celcius for about 12-15 minutes (or till the pizza base is golden and the cheese on the top melts).
11. Remove from the oven and insert lollipop sticks/ bamboo skewers about halfway into each cooked pizzas and serve….