Pizza Recipe, Veg mozzarella cheese pizza

Homemade Pizza, its really Yummy! Try this simple eggless homemade pizza recipe .
You can use plain flour for the base or mixture of 50% plain flour and 50% whole wheat flour as I have suggested below. You could be as creative as you want, use a variety of thinly cut vegetables like eggplant, peppers,sweetcorn ,zucchini as the topping for the pizza.

Ingredients

Pizza base

1 tsp instant yeast or 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tsp sugar
125 ml (1/2 cup) lukewarm water
105 gm (3/4 cup) whole wheat flour
105 gm (3/4 cup) plain flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil

Tomato sauce

1 tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp asafoetida powder (optional)
1 ½ cups tomato puree
½ tsp dried oregano (or 1 tbsp fresh)
½tsp dried basil or (1 tbsp fresh)
½tsp dried parsley (optional)
½ tsp sugar (or 1 tsp if the tomatoes are sour)
½tsp paprika
A few turns of fresh pepper
1 tsp salt

Topping ingredients

200 gm mozzarella cheese, grated
1 yellow bell pepper, cut into strips
1 green bell pepper
cherry tomatoes

Let’s prepare pizza base

Put the plain flour into a deep bowl, make a small well in the centre and add the yeast along with 1 tbsp of water.
Cover the yeast with a small inverted bowl and keep aside for 5 minutes.Remove the bowl and add all the remaining ingredients and knead into a soft dough using enough water.. You might have to use two or three tablespoons of additional water of the dough is very dry.You will have to knead the dough with your hands  for 8 to 10 minutes.

Form the dough into a ball and place it in a lightly oiled bowl. Put the bowl in a warm place for about 30 minutes or more until the dough doubles in size.
Place the dough on a flat surface and using a little flour beneath and above the ball of dough and roll out the dough into a 10” circle.

Tomato sauce

In a pan, heat the oil. Stir in the asafoetida and the tomatoes. Put in the all the remaining ingredients, the herbs, sugar, pepper and salt and cook on medium low heat, until the sauce becomes thick stirring .Stir it continuous in between to prevent burning.It will take about 12 to 15 minutes. Allow to cool.

To assemble

Place the rolled dough in a pizza pan, a tray or a pizza stone. Spread the sauce over the prepared pizza base leaving 1/4” of the border uncovered. Sprinkle half the cheese over the tomato sauce. Arrange the remaining toppings of your choice over the sauce. Spread the remaining cheese over the toppings. Brush with a little olive oil all over the pizza.
Bake in a pre heated hot oven at 220 C/400 F for 15 to 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.Slice it into piece.
Serve hot with dip of your choice.

Tips

If you are using  a pizza stone make sure that you heat the stone for at least 30 minutes before making the pizza. It has to be hot and allow it to cool carefully to room temperature before you clean it.

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Pizza Recipe | Veg mozzarella cheese Pizza

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

45 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Homemade Pizza, its really Yummy!

Course: Dinner, Mains

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 1 meduim size

Author: Rachna's Kitchen

Ingredients

• Pizza base
• 1 tsp instant yeast or 1 1/2 tsp active dry yeast
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 125 ml 1/2 cup lukewarm water
• 105 gm 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 105 gm 3/4 cup plain flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ¼ tsp asafoetida powder optional
• 1 ½ cups tomato puree
• ½  tsp dried oregano or 1 tbsp fresh
• ½ tsp dried basil or 1 tbsp fresh
• ½ tsp dried parsley optional
• ½  tsp sugar or 1 tsp if the tomatoes are sour
• ½ tsp paprika
• A few turns of fresh pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• Topping ingredients
• 200 gm mozzarella cheese grated
• 1 yellow bell pepper cut into strips
• 1 green bell pepper
• cherry tomatoes

Instructions

1. Put the plain flour into a deep bowl, make a small well in the centre and add the yeast along with 1 tbsp of water.
2. Cover the yeast with a small inverted bowl and keep aside for 5 minutes.Remove the bowl and add all the remaining ingredients and knead into a soft dough using enough water.
3. You might have to use two or three tablespoons of additional water of the dough is very dry.
4. You will have to knead the dough with your hands  for 8 to 10 minutes.
5. Form the dough into a ball and place it in a lightly oiled bowl.
6. Put the bowl in a warm place for about 30 minutes or more until the dough doubles in size.
7. Place the dough on a flat surface and using a little flour beneath and above the ball of dough and roll out the dough into a 10” circle.
8. Tomato sauce
9. In a pan, heat the oil. Stir in the asafoetida and the tomatoes.
10. Put in the all the remaining ingredients, the herbs, sugar, pepper and salt and cook on medium low heat, until the sauce becomes thick stirring .
11. Stir it continuous in between to prevent burning.It will take about 12 to 15 minutes.
12. Allow to cool.
13. To assemble
14. Place the rolled dough in a pizza pan, a tray or a pizza stone.
15. Spread the sauce over the prepared pizza base leaving 1/4” of the border uncovered.
16. Sprinkle half the cheese over the tomato sauce.
17. Arrange the remaining toppings of your choice over the sauce.
18. Spread the remaining cheese over the toppings.
19. Brush with a little olive oil all over the pizza.
20. Bake in a pre heated hot oven at 220 C/400 F for 15 to 20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
21. Slice it into piece.
22. Serve hot with dip of your choice.