Pizza Recipe

Italian Pizza with Indian Toppings.Today we will first make Pizza base, then Pizza Sauce and then finally Pizza. Very easy to make everything at home. Let's start.

Serves: 3 Family Size Pizza

Ingredients:
For Pizza Base:

• 2 and 1/2 Cups of Wheat Flour
• 1/2 Cup of all purpose flour
• 1 Tbsp Dry Yeast
• 1/2 Cup of Lukewarm/Room temperature water
• 1/4 Tsp salt
• 1/4 Tsp Sugar
• 1/4 Tsp of baking powder

For Pizza Sauce:

• 2 Big Tomatoes puree
• 1/2 small onion finely chopped
• 2-3 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 3-4 Jalapeno pepper finely chopped
• 1/4 Tsp black pepper
• salt adjust to taste
• 1/4 Tsp Sugar
• 1/4 Tsp Cumin Seeds
• 2 Tbsp oil
• 1/4 Tsp Italian seasoning

For Pizza Topping:

You can choose any of your toppings. Its completely your choice. You can use spinach, pineapple, capsicum, onion, tofu, paneer, carrot, olives etc.

• 1/2 Cup sliced/cubed onion
• 1/2 Cup sliced/diced green capsicum
• 1/4 Cup sliced/diced yellow or red or orange capsicum [You can use all combinations together]
• 1/2 Cup small cubes Paneer
• Salt to taste
• black pepper powder to taste
• Italian seasoning/Oregano or both [your choice]
• Red chilly flakes [optional]
• Grated mozzarella cheese
• Olive Oil

Procedure to make Pizza Base:

Dough Initially

Dough Risen to double

Base before baking

1. Mix water, sugar, salt and dry yeast very well and keep aside for 10-15 minutes. After 15 minutes you can see some bubbles on top of that. It means yeast is activated and it is ready to use.
2. Mix wheat flour, all purpose flour and baking powder together. Now slowly add yeast mixture and make a soft dough. Cover the dough and keep aside until the dough rises to almost double.
3. Once dough is risen to double, need it for 4-5 seconds. If you want family size pizza, divide the dough in 3 parts. Otherwise divide the dough in 5 parts. 
4. Roll each part of dough with the help of rolling pin in circle shape. Its your choice to make it thin crust or not. Then, with the help of knife or fork make some marks on it so that it will not puff up.
5. Pre-heat the oven at 400 F/200 C. Bake them for about 5 minutes. You can see some brown marks on both sides. It means they are cooked. If you want to store them for later use do not bake them completely. Just half bake them and refrigerate it covering them in aluminum foil. They are good to be used within 12-15 days.

Ready Pizza Base

Procedure for making pizza sauce:

Pizza Sauce

1. In a wok/pan, add 2 Tbsp of oil. Once oil is hot, add cumin seeds. Then, add onion and garlic. Saute till onions are translucent.
2. Then, add tomato puree, jalapeno pepper, salt, sugar, black pepper, coriander powder, turmeric powder,Italian seasoning and mix well. Cook until gravy is thick. 

Procedure for Pizza:

1. On Pizza base, spread some olive oil. Then, spread pizza sauce. Spread some grated cheese on it.
2. Add chopped onion, capsicum and paneer on it. Sprinkle some salt and black pepper on it.
3. Cover it with grated cheese.
4. Bake in pre-heated oven on 400 F/200 C till cheese melts.'
5. Serve hot with italian seasoning, chilly flakes.