Zanzibar, Tanzania

Zanzibar pizza

Name: Zanzibar pizza
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Zanzibari
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1/2 cup water; 2 tbsp plus for the dough cooking oil (vegetable oil); 200 g beef or mutton mince minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 1 small finely chopped onion; 1/2 finely chopped capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 1 small finely chopped tomato; 3 egg; 1/2 cup grated processed cheese (american cheese); Butter, for the griddle; 1 tsp curry powder; Salt, to taste

Not a pizza at all: a paper thin parcel of mince, egg and cheese, griddled crisp. Stone Town at night.

50 minTime

30 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Forodhani nights1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThin dough, mince, egg and cheese, griddled.

The original

656kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic Zanzibar pizza.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Water½ cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp plus for the dough

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)200 g beef or mutton mince

Onion1 small, finely chopped

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Tomato1 small, finely chopped

Egg3

Processed cheese (american cheese)½ cup grated

Butterfor the griddle

Curry powder1 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Knead flour, water, a pinch of salt and a spoon of oil into a soft dough. Divide into 3 balls, coat in oil and rest 30 minutes.
2Cook the mince with onion, curry powder and salt until browned and dry. Cool slightly.
3Stretch a ball on an oiled surface until very thin. Put mince, capsicum, tomato, cheese in the middle, crack an egg on top and fold the edges over into a square parcel.
4Cook on a hot buttered griddle, pressing gently, until golden on both sides and the egg is set.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares on a paper plate and serve with a chilli sauce and a mango or tamarind dip.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Zanzibar pizza

Not a pizza at all: a paper thin parcel of mince, egg and cheese, griddled crisp. Stone Town at night.

50 minTime

30 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Forodhani nights1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThin dough, mince, egg and cheese, griddled.

The original

656kcalsame

30 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

50minutessame

Classic Zanzibar pizza.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Water½ cup

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp plus for the dough

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)200 g beef or mutton mince

Onion1 small, finely chopped

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)½, finely chopped

Tomato1 small, finely chopped

Egg3

Processed cheese (american cheese)½ cup grated

Butterfor the griddle

Curry powder1 tsp

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Knead flour, water, a pinch of salt and a spoon of oil into a soft dough. Divide into 3 balls, coat in oil and rest 30 minutes.
2Cook the mince with onion, curry powder and salt until browned and dry. Cool slightly.
3Stretch a ball on an oiled surface until very thin. Put mince, capsicum, tomato, cheese in the middle, crack an egg on top and fold the edges over into a square parcel.
4Cook on a hot buttered griddle, pressing gently, until golden on both sides and the egg is set.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares on a paper plate and serve with a chilli sauce and a mango or tamarind dip.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Zanzibar pizza

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Zanzibar pizza

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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