Vegan Lahmacun/Vegan Turkish Pizza

Lahmacun, this oval shaped Turkish pizza is traditionally baked with spicy lamb or minced beef topping. However Vegan and vegetarian versions do exists.As i told in my previous post, i baked three different and definitely delicious pizzas for this week's blogging marathon. My kids are ardent fan of pizzas, and obviously my kids went crazy once these homemade pizzas came out of the oven. Lahmacun, am trying my hands with this Turkish pizza for the first time and its completely vegan. You may wonder how can we bake this Turkish pizza as vegan version, yes we can. Actually, in this vegan pizza, those spicy lamb or minced beef topping is replaced with a mushroom and walnut topping.

My theme for this week's blogging marathon is Pizzas, after a cheese loaded Fusion paneer pizza, i couldnt stop myself to bake this Vegan Turkish pizza for this theme. You wont miss meat in this pizza as mushroom and walnut mixture replace very well meat here. However if you are a meat lover, prepare this same pizza with minced meat spiced as much as like mushroom-walnut mixture. Trust me, vegan lovers will definitely fell in love with this extremely flavourful Turkish pizza. The crispy crust of this pizza tastes absolutely amazing and everyone enjoyed thoroughly this ultimate pizza when served with some salads.

Recipe source: Here
Pizza Dough
1cup Chopped mushrooms
1/2cup Walnuts
Olive oil
1 Onion(chopped finely)
1tsp Minced garlic
1 Tomato (chopped)
1tbsp Tomato paste
1tsp Paprika
1/2tsp Cumin powder
1/4tsp Chili flakes
Salt

In a food processor, pulse the mushrooms and walnuts until coarsely chopped .

Preheat the oven to 400F.

Heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the onion and sauté until translucent.

Add the garlic, tomato, tomato paste, paprika, cumin powder, chili flakes and salt and cook for a while.

 Add the mushroom-walnut paste and cook until the mixture turns dry.

Roll out your pizza dough to a thin oval shape, top with the mushroom-walnut topping, spreading it evenly as thin layer.

Transfer to a lined baking sheet and cook for 10-15 minutes until the dough turns brown and crispy.

Serve warm topped with tahini sauce.

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