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Homemade Veg Pizza

Homemade Veg Pizza

This pizza crust made at home is fabulous! It has the perfect thickness, softness and yeastiness! Oh and the homemade pizza sauce? Wait until you try it!! You’re not gonna believe how bold it tastes without even having to simmer all day! Pile on your favorite toppings and get ready to chow down!🍕

Here is the complete recipe:

  • 2 medium size pizza
  • 2 hours 30 minutes
  • 15 minutes per pizza

Ingredients

  • For pizza dough
  • ½ cup warm water
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp active dry yeast
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt as per taste
  • Water as required, to knead
  • For pizza sauce
  • 6 ripped red tomatoes
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • ¼ onion, finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp basil leaves, finely chopped
  • ¾ tsp sugar
  • ¾ tsp kashmiri red chilli powder
  • salt to taste
  • ½ tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • ½ tbsp butter
  • For toppings
  • 3 tbsp pizza sauce
  • 5 mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp onion, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup capsicum, roughly chopped
  • 9 pickled jalapeños (optional)
  • ¼ cup black olives, chopped (optional)
  • ½ cup mozzarella cheese, grated
  • ½ tsp oregano / italian seasonings / mixed herbs

Directions

For making pizza dough

  1. In a large mixing bowl, take warm water, sugar and yeast and give a quick mix until sugar gets completly dissolved.
  2. Let the mixture stand until yeast begins to foam vigorously (5 – 10 minutes).
  3. Now add all purpose flour, salt and olive oil.
  4. Knead the dough adding water as required. The dough should be smooth and soft and not too sticky.
  5. Cover the dough with a wet cloth in a warm place for atleast 2 hours.
  6. After two hours, punch the dough with fist to release down the air. Again, allow it to rest for maxiumum 5 minutes.
  7. Dough for pizza is ready.

For making pizza sauce

  1. In a pan, boil water and add tomatoes (slitted x on the bottom). Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for 3-4 minutes or till the skin starts to leave from tomatoes.
  2. Peel the skin of the tomatoes once they are blanched and cooled completely.
  3. Take 3 peeled tomatoes and blend to smooth puree.
  4. Chop other 3 tomatoes discarding the seeds. Transfer to the plate and keep aside.
  5. Now, heat oil in a pan. Add chopped garlic and saute till they turn slightly golden brown.
  6. Add chopped onions and saute them till they change colour.
  7. Add chopped tomatoes and prepared tomato puree and cook completely.
  8. Add basil, sugar, red chilli powder, oregano, chilli flakes and salt. Mix well and get the sauce to a boil.
  9. Cover and simmer the sauce for atleast 5 minutes or till the sauce turns thick.
  10. Add tomato ketchup and butter.Mix it well and cook for another 7-8 seconds. Pizza sauce is ready.

For baking pizza

  1. Divide the dough into 2 balls and tuck them.
  2. Place one dough ball on dusted pizza plate or tray.
  3. Flatten the dough ball by stretching with both hands.
  4. Leave a centimetre or more and create a dent. This helps the crust to fluff slightly.
  5. Then prick with centre of dough with the help of fork to prevent pizza base from fluffing up like chapati.
  6. Spread pizza sauce generously leaving the sides slightly.
  7. Spread generous amount of grated mozzarella cheese over the base and sprinkle italian seasonings.
  8. Add capsicum, onion or any other toppings of your choice.
  9. Bake in a preheated oven at 500 degrees fahrenheit or 260 degree celsius for about 12 - 15 minutes.
  10. Slice and serve veg pizza hot with chilli flakes and oregano on the top.

If you make this, do let me know how it went. Post a picture on Instagram and tag me @hungertreats.

Happy Cooking! :)

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