Wednesday 15 February 2012

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 !!!!




28 comments:

Hema said...

The pizza looks very delicious, very nicely done Nivi..

Faseela said...

super yummy pizza...that too with veg...great

NiVi said...

thankyou hema :) faseela :)

hotpotcooking said...

Spicy and yum pasta

Achu's Amma's Kitchen said...

wow super pizza....one of my fav...i never tried pizza at home will try..

Sangeetha M said...

Nicely done...pizza looks so perfect n yummy...
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Jayanthy Kumaran said...

sounds new & very interesting...great recipe..
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Julie said...

very nice bake,home mades are the best!!

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Sobha Shyam said...

fabulous pizza, i too love homemade pizzas..

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Raks said...

I make very often to my kid :) Thanks for the link :) Loved your version , very tempting!

NiVi said...

thank you all for your valuable comments :) :)

Kanan Patel said...

pizza looks very delicious. You have nice collections

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Gayathri Anand said...

Am sure home made are best ...Your's is looking perfect ..

Vineetha Sush said...

I love Home made pizzas ,good job :)

Unknown said...

we too love homemade pizzas the best - looks so cheesy and inviting!

Shoutforfood said...

Oh I am so drooling! ... Nicely done

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Shobha Kamath said...

Home made pizzas are always welcome!Lovely pics!

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Unknown said...

Homemade vegetable pizza looks yumm.

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notyet100 said...

Pizza looks scrumptious,..:)

notyet100 said...

Pizza looks scrumptious,..:)

www.mahaslovelyhome.com said...

Wow..Looking really yumm..U made it perfectly..

NiVi said...

thank you every one for your encouraging comments...

Unknown said...

pizza looks so so tempting.... super yummy !

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Chitra said...

lovely pizza. yet to try :)

Teena said...

wow..looks really delicious!!! You gave me a craving now ;)