Other times, Mother Nature has something planned for you. Its been pouring down rain for days now. And the motivation to just pick up the phone and order-in a pipping hot pizza sounds so right, every single day.
I was tempted in doing so and now, I’m tempting you 😉
But then again, there’s satisfaction of making your very own homemade pizza from scratch. The whole house smells like the pizza place, you’d get to pile on toppings to your hearts content and not to forget, more yummy leftovers for another rainy day.
I’d say, that sounds like one of the best rainy day eats. In fact, let’s make it everyday! Why allow weather dictate our palates?
If you have a stand-mixer fitted with a dough hook, it’s definitely great for kneading. Otherwise, your trusted tools (hands) would also work the same magic.
Provided you are willing to knead away for at least 10 minutes in order to allow the gluten in the flours to develop.
Ok, I get it. You’d probably want to get to the recipe instead of the scientific mumbo-jumbo. Here it goes:
Makes 2 individual medium pizzas, or 1 very large
Ingredients:
For pizza crust–
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 2.5 tsp active dry yeast
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
For tandoori cauliflower–
- 1 whole head of cauliflower, sliced
- 3 tbsp melted ghee
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp tandoori spice mix, store-bought
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
- 1/2 tsp red chili powder
- salt and black pepper to taste
Suggestions on garnishes– olive oil, slices of tomatoes, hummus, red onion, mint, cilantro, shaved asparagus, yogurt sauce, dukkah spice etc. Use your imagination!
Directions:
- Combine active dry yeast, warm water and sugar in the stand mixer bowl. Stir and allow yeast to active (bubble) for at least 5 minutes.
- Meantime, combine whole wheat flour, all purpose flour and salt into another bowl.
- Attach a dough hook onto the stand mixer. Once wet ingredients (yeast) is nice and bubbly, add in flours and salt. Knead dough for 5 to 8 minutes or until dough is comes together into a smooth ball.
- Lightly oil a huge bowl and transfer pizza dough into the bowl. Cover bowl with a damp paper towel, place the bowl in a humid area of the kitchen and allow pizza dough to rise (double in size) for at least an hour.
- In the meantime, prepare tandoori cauliflower by preheating the oven to 415F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment papers.
- In a huge bowl, add thinly sliced cauliflower wedges. Toss the cauliflower wedges with all of its tandoori ingredients mentioned above. Allow everything to marinate while waiting for the oven to preheat.
- Transfer marinated tandoori cauliflower wedges onto baking sheets, leaving enough room between each wedge to allow proper roasting and not steaming.
- Roast cauliflower for 10 minutes. Flip cauliflower wedges and add another 10 minutes to the roasting time.
- Remove roasted cauliflower to cool to room temperature.
- Once pizza dough is doubled in size, preheat oven to 500F and insert pizza stone into the oven to preheat as well.
- Flour the board and rolling pin to roll out (divided) pizza dough to desired thickness.
- Remove hot pizza stone from the oven and carefully place rolled out pizza dough onto the hot surface.
- Brush on some olive oil, sprinkle a little salt, pepper and begin building your pizza toppings. Add sliced tomatoes, roasted & cooled tandoori cauliflower florets, sliced red onions & shaved asparagus. Use your imagination here 🙂
- Bake pizza for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly blistered on the edges.
- Once baked, transfer hot pizza onto a cutting board to slightly cool before garnishing it further with fresh herbs and yogurt sauce. Slice and serve immediately, with a side of salad.
Now that I’ve covered the basis of making homemade pizza on a rainy day — what would you bring to the table?
Have a great day friends! Looks like it’s going to pour out there, and I have the perfect solution for lunch today 😉
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A splendid pizza! Very original and extremely mouthwatering. That is such a great choice of toppings.
Cheers,
Rosa
Rosa — thank you so much, sweet friend 🙂
I love all the colors on your pizza. I certainly would be happy eating it! I use whole wheat flour in my dough, too. Makes things a little healthier.
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Laura — thank you so much! i would prefer whole wheat pastry flour but was out of it. the dough was pleasantly soft and delish!
Kiran – looks delicious…I love pizza any time of day. If our weather cools down at bit we will definitely be having homemade pizza!
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Ina — thank you my friend! it’s been pouring down rain here and there’s nothing better than freshly baked pizza out of the oven 🙂
Nice, healthy pizza and gorgeous photos!I am in love with the first one.
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Denise — thank you so so much. it’s one of my favorite photos too 🙂
Pizza looks darn good Kiran. Why take out when you can whip up a beauty like this. ..
It’s pouring huh, weird weather. Hope your wasps are gone..eeks that was scary looking.
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ASh — weird weather and wasps! a lot to deal with this weekend. thanks sweetie, have a great one 🙂
Love the flavors on this pizza… You definitely jazzed it up and made it much healthier!!!
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Mr & Mrs P — thank you and now I have the excuse of eating more than 1 slice 😉
Great choice for a rainy day! We’ve been having some freak rain storms here as well. The other day we had huge hail just pounding, I had to run outside to get my car inside and there was lightning and hail slapping me in the face and hurricane strength winds. I was soaked from head to toe and had hail stuck in places you don’t want to know!
The pizza looks beautiful and I live the colour of the cauliflower. I actually love cauliflower on my pizza.
Nazneen
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Nazneen — hail and rain doesn’t sound like a great combo. more like a painful disaster. glad you rescued your car in the nick of time!
This pizza has more fibres than a normal one thanks to the whole wheat flour. Also the topping is deliciously genuine and healthier. Oh this is the kind of recipe I love the most!
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Daniela — aww, thanks a lot sweet friend and have a great day 🙂
Can I bring a just hot cuppa and a book and enjoy the rains from balcony with this pizza! 😛
This looks yum and I can just imagine what would your house be smelling like.. I would go for homemade pizza just for that smell. Wonderful.
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Charul — sure! that sounds like a great way to enjoy a rainy day 🙂
What a creative and beautiful pizza.
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Karen — thank you so much!!
I love roasted cauliflower, what a fabulous pizza topping!
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Laura — thank you and yes, roasting cauliflower is so addictive!
I am drooling at this tandoori cauliflower. perfect for rainy or sunny day <3
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This Tandoori Cauliflower Pizza is gorgeous. I agree, rainy days make me crave for comfort food like pizza or pasta. And I bet the homemade ones are way better than the delivery ones. 😛
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Amy — thanks and you are totally right about homemade pizza’s 😀
It’s been really warm and humid here, and I haven’t been in the mood to crank up my oven to cook dinner. But last night I got fed up with eating restaurant food and I made some sweet potatoes and eggs with dukkah (thanks for the suggestion!!). I’m hoping it will cool down so I can get back to pizza making 🙂 It’s one of my favorite things to cook, and this one looks pretty darn good!
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Brandon — you are welcome and I’ve yet to try dukkah on eggs. time to change that 🙂
Pizza is perfect rainy weather food, isn’t it? I mean, it’s good anytime food, but perfect rainy weather food. This is a cool alternative to the usual italian suspects as well. I love that it’s not totally swimming in cheese.
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Sarah — thanks. i just don’t like cheeses on my food. i’d eat it but very sparsely 🙂
Wow Kiran…this looks extraordinary! Reminds me a bit of the tandoori chicken pizza California Pizza Kitchen used to carry. But this looks even more delicious.
Ameena — thanks sweetie. i’m sure you’d be able to sample more fusion menu in NYC. can I move in with you guys? 😀
The first photo (with spoons, spices and cauliflower) is so artistic! And, of course, I am pinning your pizza because it’s such a great idea to put cauliflower on it!
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Julia — it’s one of my favorite photo too! thanks for the pin, sweetie 🙂
I was going through your blog and facebook and I was like WoW. What do you do to the food? You are just amazing. Now look at this pizza. Goodbye Dominos, Hello Kiran’s Pizza.
whipped — lol, thanks a lot. i can hardly imagine being compared to those pizza food conglomerate 😀
The tandoori spice mix would give that a good flavour!
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Raymund — and color too! thank you 🙂
I love cauliflower in any form and when you say tandoori plus pizza along with cauliflower, it makes me very happy. Saving the recipe to try soon!
Kankana — thanks my dear and if you try it soon, let me know how it tastes 🙂
Love the presentation.. nice clicks.. Yummy and healthy
Veena — thank you so much!!
Such an interesting pizza topping, I love the idea of that tandoori cauliflower.
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Kathryn — thank you and it’s just so delish with tandoori spice mix, which I’m sure is readily available in the UK 🙂
Great idea Kirun! And I just bought an enormous cauliflower too! 😀
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Lorraine — thanks my dear and go work on that cauliflower asap 😀
I admit that last night we deferred to the already made type and let the guy choose for once. Ugh…5 meat pizza? This looks SO much better; just love the flavors and it’s so pretty to boot!
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Barbara — aww, thanks my friend. but takeouts aren’t bad sometimes 🙂
Yummy – I love Tandoori flavor and cauliflower and hence I am loving this combo!!
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What a great bunch of vibrant, spicy flavors for a pizza! This looks so delicious, Kiran!
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Georgia — thank you sweet friend! have a great weekend 🙂
Kiran, luckily the pizzas I can order are not even 10% as good as the real Italian one I can have in my favourite pizzeria (which is ( min walk from my house), so I am never tempted. I prepare pizza at home very rarely and it never looks as beautiful as yours. Wholemeal flour sounds very original and must go perfectly well with cauliflower. Very imaginative!
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Sissi — we don’t eat pizza that often too. but when we do, it’s a rare treat 🙂
Kiran, I meant that it’s easier for me to go to a real pizzeria than to order a chain pizza (and good pizzerias don’t deliver here) but if I didn’t watch my line I would go there at least once a week!
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Sissi — yup, i understood what you meant. thanks for clarifying 🙂
Delicious Pizza kiran.. I would love to have hot pizza on a rainy day .. Healthy toppings too. Bookmarking it and gonna try soon 🙂
Sowmya — thank you and please do let me know how it tastes 🙂
Love the tandoori cauliflower topping! Very original.
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Angie — thanks my friend 🙂
This look so much better than anything you could order! I love all the flavors & colors! Beautiful!
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Meghan — thank you so much have a great weekend my friend 🙂
love the desi touch here… your husband is a real lucky guy!
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Nisha — haha, thanks. i’ve got to pass the compliment to my husband and would let you know what he thinks 😉
The most creative ‘desi’ pizza ever 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Really like the first picture. And love this pizza! Tandoori cauliflower is a brilliant idea! And using it in pizza is inspired. Good stuff – thanks.
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John — thank you so much and have a great weekend, buddy 🙂
It’s been pouring rain around here and it’s cold! AND it’s July!! Argh!
Aaaaanyway… that topping! Oh EM to the Gee! I’d be crazy to call delivery when I could have this amazing pie all to mahself!
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Kate — haha, you are the cutest with words! have a great weekend and stay warm, my friend 🙂
Such a pretty and impressive looking pizza Kiran! Do you deliver? 😉
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Anne — hahaha, thank you!! i can’t deliver pizza’s and put the rest out of business 😉
You are a girl after my own heart 🙂 I do a mango chutney base on my tandoori pizzas. They are my Dads specials – soooo good!
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Cass — awww, thanks my sweetness! and love the idea of using mango chutney on the base. must try that soon!
Yeah I wouldn’t allow the weather to dictate my palate either. Excellent idea with the cauliflower. Sounds like we are on the same taste vibe these days. 😉
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Yum, this looks so beautiful and delicious! I really need to try making my own pizza dough…
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MOS — thank you so much! pizza dough is so easy to make. the only time-consuming part would be wait. if you are patient enough, that’ll be great 🙂
Making a pizza dough was one hell of a gutsy move, Kiran ! And the cauliflower topping idea is hands down innovative 🙂
You have this amazing power to motivate people to eat whatever they want to, with your splendid food pictures.
God bless you, mah darling and continue to hypnotize me 😀
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OMG, such beautiful shots with all these colorful spices.
The pizza looks so appetizing I would love to have one on this cold winter day here in Peru.
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Daniela — thank you so much my dear. and i hope you are keeping warm in cold Peru 🙂
Cauliflower in Pizza and with Tandoori flavors…you nailed it Kiran! Be Indian..eat Indian 🙂 Lovely clicks.
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Ever since I started making homemade pizzas, i have barely been ordering them. Like you said, there is something lovely about making it at home and the aroma that fills the house is totally worth it 😉
I have tried a few veggie versions but nothing with cauliflowers yet. But, it sounds like a fun addition for my next pizza night 🙂
Cakewhiz — try it and let me know how it tastes. have a great weekend, friend 🙂
What a co-incidence! I had cauliflower pizza just a few days back. Your tandoori version sounds delicious and like the fact that pizza crust was made with whole wheat flour.
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That’s what I call a healthy pizza. I used my bread machine to make pizza dough. It’s so easy, and that way we can have pizza any time. Besides, who’d want takeout when they could have a delicious home made pizza like this one. I hope the rain lets up for you. Coming from Seattle, I can totally relate.
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Kristi — i really need a bread machine in my life! have a great weekend friend. hopefully it’s not as gloomy and rainy in Seattle!
Ive been craving curry on a pizza all day, and this looks delicious and healthy.
Sam — thank you my sweet friend. hope you get a fix of curry soon! have a great weekend 🙂
I just love the last picture before the recipe. My cousin here loves cauliflower and well everybody loves pizza so should try this out for her! 🙂
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Wow Kiran,
This looks incredible! Fantastic idea to top it with cauliflower. Yum!!
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Oh, I just adore cauliflower on a pizza! This looks incredible, Kiran! 😀
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Kiersten — thanks my dear friend 😀
This looks yummy! Like how you do it with tandoori. 🙂
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leemei — thanks and yes, can’t go wrong with tandoori flavors 😀
Hey girlie, you always outdo yourself. I would love this tandoori cauliflower pizza for lunch today. Wouldn’t it perfect?! Shulie
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Shulie — haha, thanks sweetie! yes, it’s perfect for lunch, dinners and everything in between 😀
Yum, this looks so delicious! I will have to give it a try – I love all things cauliflower!
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Hannah — thank you so much! do let me know how it tastes 🙂
This is a nice refreshing recipe for summer! Have you tried using ground cauliflower for the pizza base, I see that quite a bit in paleo diets ?
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Nik — I’ve been spotting ground cauliflower pizza base floating all over the internet. Hope to try it someday 🙂
Oh I bet this smells amazing! I love the creativity you put into this pizza, it all works! I love cauliflower (and pizza!), this one is right up my alley.
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Aggie — thanks so much friend. I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe and hope you’ll get to try it soon 🙂
It really looks tasty. I will surely try this.
Thanks Kiran