Eid for me was great but hectic too.Hubby was extremely busy,that meant late night outings and late,lazy mornings.Routines were gone haywire and kids were falling asleep or up and about on all the odd times.I had a couple of snacks and dessert ideas to be worked on and none materialized till now,after somewhat establishing the routine again...Phew...
This is one of my favorite Arabic dishes.Although it's the same as pizza I love the beauty of it being so simple.That means no making pizza sauce from scratch,not a load of veggies or toppings to chop and no dumping of the whole mozzarella packet on top.
For some reason,I can't bring myself to buy the pre-made pizza sauce or pasta sauces,toppings mix.Maybe,it's the way I was brought up.We hardly ate from outside unless my mom or aunt is really,really sick.There were not much of packaged goods anyways.
But I really let myself go,when I started working.I started restaurant hopping with my hubby(then boyfriend 😉 and got sick of it soon.Now I try to minimize those mishaps and incorporate healthy options for my kids.
- Add yeast,sugar to the warm water and let it stand for about 10 minutes.If it froths you can proceed else discard and use a new batch of yeast.
- Mix the flour with baking powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl,add the yeast mixture with the olive oil.Whisk a bit combining the two.
- Now,add the flour mix to the yeast mixture little by little,forming the dough.You end up with a soft,sticky,pliable dough.You may not have to use all the flour.
- Pour a teaspoon of oil and knead the dough.
- Do not add in all the flour at once and make it a hard dough as in a normal pizza.
- Cover the dough with damp cloth and let it rise for about 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough,place it on a wax paper,brush with olive oil(specially the edges),place the toppings and bake it in a pre-heated 350 degrees oven for about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a pan,add the chopped onions,garlic and coriander leaves and cook until the onions sweat out.
- Add the chicken pieces,salt,pepper,chili and cumin powders and cook through till the chicken is almost done.It will continue to cook in the oven when we bake the Manakish.
- Add the ketchup.cook further for minute or two.Adjust seasoning.
Yasmin @ Red Panda Bakes says
Looks oh-so-good! Love the combination of feta and chicken. I can imagine the slightly sour but also creamy feta cheese complimenting the chicken so well!
I love labneh manakeesh too! 🙂
Farwin@CookingitSimple says
Thanks,Yasmin.Labneh Manakeesh..? never heard of it..You've got to tell me all about it when we meet one of these days.. 🙂
Jehanne says
Eid Mubarak, Farwin! These pizzas definitely have the pizzaz..(pun intended!) and your pics are stunning! hope you had a good celebration.
Farwin @ CookingitSimple says
Eid Mubarak to you too,Jehan! Thanks dear,glad you liked it...
aipi says
Gorgeous clicks ~ love homemade pizza, the taste is unbeatable!
USMasala
Farwin @ CookingitSimple says
true Aipi,anything homemade with a bit of love added in will taste really good..
love your blog..
cookingvarieties says
salam farwin, the chicken and feta manakish pizza looks appetizing especially with chili powder added-
Devina Divecha says
Looks DELICIOUS!!! Love it.