the indigo kitchen

It's not a diet, its a lifestyle

Main navigation

spicy

Spicy “Asian” style Rice Pizza

by Leave a Comment

RP1

 

I’ve been wanting to make a gluten free pizza for the longest time now, but always got turned off by the thought of all the work it would take for me to make a perfect gluten free crust, so I let the idea rest. Then again I was planning to make an attempt this week and it just came to me, a crust made out of sticky rice, it sounded easy and delicious so I went for it! I still want to make a proper gluten free crust though, but until then these will do, and trust me this pizza will hold its own, it is a winner!

Forget about that delicious dough crust and make a rice crust, its nice and crips on the edges and deliciously soft but firm in underneath the toppings. The trick it to pre bake the crust and to make it not to thin but about 1 centimeter or 0,4 inches thick. I love a traditional pizza crust, but this one is just as amazing in its own rights.

Because of the pizza is made with rice I decided to keep the asian theme going and used spring onions, gochugaru (Korean chilli flakes) and oyster mushrooms sautéed with soy sauce, you can use shiitake to make it even more “asian”. Keep in mind that I have a very high tolerance for spicy foods so if you prefer a more mild heat or non just use less or non of the chilli flakes. As usual you can customize it to your own liking so feel free to top this pizza with whatever you’d like such as tomatoes, onion, vegan cheese and any other topping you love!

 

RP2

 

If you make this dish leave a comment below to let me know how you liked them, or tag me in your creations on my social media accounts.

One Love,

A.J.

 

Rice Pizza

Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Cook Time 40 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Asian, Indigo, Vegan
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

Crust

  • 1 1/2 cup uncooked rice short grain
  • 2 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp sugar (optional)
  • 1 tbsp chilli flakes I used gochugaru (optional
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder (optional)

Sauce

  • 1/2 cup passata tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp chilli flakes I used gochugaru
  • 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 tsp garlic and onion powder

Toppings

  • 150 grams oyster mushrooms
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 scallion
  • 1 chilli pepper
  • baby corn

Instructions
 

Asian Style Pizza

  • Wash and rinse the rice about 4 times. Bring the rice to a boil with a about 2 1/2 cups of water. Once the water starts to boil turn down the heat and cover the pot and let it simmer for about 12 minutes. Turn of the heat and remove the rice from the pot and place it in a bowl. Add the garlic powder, chilli flakes and sugar to the rice and mix it well. let it cool down before making the crust.
  • preheat your oven to 175 Celcius or 350 Farenheit. Place the rice on a piece of parchment paper, wet your hands and shape the rice into the shape of a pizza or if you're feeling adventurous you can form it into a rectangle, or square even, just make sure the crust isn't to thin and the edges a little thicker. Place the crust in a oven and cook it for about 20 minutes. While this is happening were gonna prepare the toppings.
  • After about 35 minutes remove the crust from the oven and add a layer of the sauce and Add the toppings. Put the pizza back in the oven for about 15 minutes and its done. you can cut it with a pizza cutter. and your pizza is done. Enjoy!

Oyster Mushrooms

  • Sauté the mushrooms in a pan with some oil over medium/low heat. After about 3 minutes add the soy sauce, sugar and chilli pepper and cook for another 2 minutes.

Notes

  • This will not work with long grain rice.

Sambal – Hot Sauce

by 2 Comments

IMG_7227__1464965797_86.82.108.171

 

As a semi tropical boy I’ve always had a love for spicy food and with spicy I mean HOT foods, very, very hot foods. Not everyone likes spicy food like me, so whenever I’m cooking for someone other then myself I tend to use little to no peppers at all, but rather have a hot sauce on the side. 

As much as I like sriracha, gochujang and all the other hot sauces, there is one that will always have a special place in my heart, the surinamese sambals I used to eat growing up. There are many different ways of making sambal, and this is one of my favourites, and super spicy of course. My favourite pepper is the adjuma pepper, I loved this pepper so much that as a kid I’d even put it on my sandwiches, my stomach must be lined with iron because these peppers are no joke, they are feisty!

 

adjuma

 

Now this will not be a traditional surinamese or asian recipe, but definitely inspired by both those cultures. In traditional asian sambal recipes they often use red chilli peppers and in surinamese sambals they use adjuma or Madame Jeanette peppers. Sambal is also often made using shrimp paste or fish sauce (depending on the type of sambal you’re making), but of course we don’t use that over here! You can also find lots of spices or in some types of sambals, but I chose to make it very easy and simple to make using ingredients i’m sure everybody can find.

You might not be able to find adjuma or Madame Jeanette peppers, which wont be a problem, you can also use habanero or other hot peppers. you can also add other ingredients to customize your hot sauce to your own liking like ginger, tamarind paste, lime juice or scallions to name a few options. 

 

sambal

 

I love to eat this hot sauce with things like rice, roti, noodles, bread, actually anything savoury to be honest. 

If you like you food hot and spicy you should definitely give this hot sauce a try. If you try this recipe let me know how it turned out and if you used any other peppers or ingredients.

One Love. 

Sambal - Hot Sauce

A very hot sambal for those who like things spicy!
Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 50 mins
Total Time 1 hr
Course Condiments
Cuisine Surinamese, Vegan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 onions chopped
  • 1 head garlic
  • 3 adjuma peppers or 1 if you can't handle to much heat
  • 6 tomatoes blended or finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp all spice (optional but highly recommended)

Instructions
 

  • Chop your onions and mince a whole head of garlic. Now in a (bullet) blender, blend the tomatoes with the peppers, or if you don't have a blender finely chop them both. Now heat a pan with some oil on medium/low and sauté the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes. After sautéing the onion and garlic add the remaining ingredients and let it simmer for about 50 minutes, or until most of the liquid has evaporated. You should be left with a