Ingredients
Dough
3 ½ cups of All Purpose Flour
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Sugar
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 1/3 cups of Warm Water
2 1/4 tsp Active dry yeast
Pizza Sauce
Refer my Veg Pasta with Tomato Pasta Sauce Recipe
Please make sure that this sauce has thick consistency as we need to spread on the pizza base. Too much of moisture may spoil the Pizza texture. So you may also add corn flour for thick consistency.
Topping
Onion
Bell pepper
Paneer
Jalapeno
Mozarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Chilli flakes
Oregano or any Italian Herbs
Method
1. Add sugar and yeast to warm water (110 degrees, jus little hot more than luke warm). Mix well and set aside until the yeast froths well, roughly 5 mins. This step is for activating the yeast.2. In a large bowl add rest all the other ingredient and also the yeast mixture (once it is activated). Mix really well with a wooden spatula. The dough would be very sticky but wont stick to the sides of the bowl
3. Now add flour to the surface or on mat the dough is to be kneaded. Place the dough and start kneading really well until the dough is smooth and wont stick to your hands. Try to reduce adding flour while kneading as it may spoil the texture. Refer this site for tips on kneading
4. Grease a bowl with olive oil and also the dough. Then cover the bowl with a plastic wrap or kitchen cloth. Let it rest for 2 hrs until the dough doubles in size. Make sure you place the bowl in a warm place.
5. To make the pizzas, preheat the oven to 475 degrees (Fahrenheit) for 20 mins.
6. Sprinkle flour on the surface and take the dough for one pizza and roll using a rolling pin. Dough qty depends on the size of pizza. Mine was 9 inch round pan. You can either use a pan or baking sheet. I used a pan7. Place the pizza base in the pan and just make border so that it would be easy for topping.
8. Spread the pizza sauce, top it the veggies of your choice and sprinkle a generous amount of mozarella and parmesan.
9. Now bake the pizza for 15- 20 mins, until the sides of the pizza turns golden brown.
Get ready to taste the yummmmmiest and Crunchy crust Pizza. I guarantee that the pizza will disappear within seconds :)
Yeast after activated |
Dough doubled in size |