Home Made Vegetable Pizza

Hola Amigos !!!

                         It was long time wish to bake pizza at home and the dream came true few days back. I tried it from Rak's Kitchen with some changes . It came out very well and in turn I got a big smile as a gift from my hubby :) :)

Origin : Without a doubt it hails from Italy. It all started in a small town where the bishop of the town was given 12 Pizzas every Xmas and Easter day. This was when tomato and Bread topped with Cheese pack evolved !

Nutrients : Shhhhhh!

This is what you need :

For the pizza base :

All purpose flour/Maida - 1&1/2 cups

Dry yeast - 1/2 tbsp

Milk - 1/4 cup

Water - 1/4 cup

Sugar - 1/2 tbsp

Salt - 1/2 tsp

Olive oil - 2 tsp

For Pizza sauce :

Tinned tomatoes - 1 cup

Chilly flakes - 1/2 tbsp

Italian Seasoning - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

For the Toppings :

Onion - 1 ( cubed )

Tomato - 1 ( cubed )

Capsicum - 1 (cubed )

Olives - 10

Mushrooms - 4-5 (diced) ( I didn't use it )

Sweet corn - handful

Grated cheese (mozzarella or cheddar ) - 1/4 cup

This is how you do :

Pizza Base :

1. Boil the water ( it should be warm ) and add sugar and yeast to it. Allow it to settle for few mins. After 5 Min the yeast will start to bloom. Keep it aside.

2. In a bowl mix flour and salt together and add olive oil,milk and yeast sugar mixture and mix them well. Knead the dough for at least 5 - 10 Mins and this makes the base soft.

3. Keep the dough covered with wet cloth for almost 4 hours.

4. After 4 hours, the dough will be double in size. Punch the dough with your strong knuckles :-),  to release  air from the dough and knead it well.

Pizza sauce :

1. In a kadai add few drops of olive oil and add canned tomatoes and allow it to boil. After it has boiled a bit, add Italian seasoning and half of the chilly flakes and allow it to boil for another 5 Mins until it becomes thick.

2.Turn off the flame and allow it to cool.

Final Step :

1. Preheat the oven to 180 C for 10 mins.

2. Using a rolling pin just roll the pizza and adjust the thickness of the sides.

3. Spread the pizza sauce over the dough evenly.

4. Finally add the toppings of  our choice. I added the vegetables mentioned above and finally add the grated cheese .

4. Bake it in the oven for about 15-20  Mins until the base turns golden brown and cheesy layer is melted completely.

Serve it pipping hot !!!!