Indian Food Recipes

How to Make Veg Pizza

Ingredients
Pizza Bread base:

3 cups all purpose flour (maida)
1 cup warm water or add as required
2 teaspoons dry active yeast
¼ teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil
½ teaspoon salt or add as required
some olive oil for brushing
all purpose flour (maida)

Tomato sauce:

4 to 5 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
2 to 3 medium garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons red wine, optional
2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 tablespoons fresh basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
salt as required

Toppings

1 onion, sliced
1 capsicum (bell pepper), sliced
1 tomato, chopped or sliced,

Method

How to prepare recipe

Making the pizza bread:

Sprinkle sugar in warm water, add yeast.

stir and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 10-15 mins till it becomes frothy,

in a bowl add one cup flour, salt, olive oil and the frothy yeast mixture,stir.

add another cup of flour, stir again. the mixture become sticky,

add the last cup of flour and continue to stir.

knead the dough into a smooth, springy ball, apply some olive oil all over the dough.

cover loosely and keep in a large bowl at room temperature for 1.5 to 2 hours.

the dough will double up and nicely leaven.

Pizza sauce:

Blanch the tomatoes and the chop them, heat oil. fry the chopped garlic,

add the tomatoes, let them cook uncovered for 4-5 minutes.

add the herbs, salt and pepper, mix well. cook further for 3-4 minutes.

assembling the veg pizza flatten the dough to a disk.

on a floured surface roll the dough, place the dough onto a greased and dusted pan.

brush some olive oil on the pizza base, spread the tomato sauce on the pizza.

top with the veggies and spread the grated cheese.

bake the veg pizza in a preheated oven for 15-20 minutes at 200 degrees C.

Now it is ready to serve Veg Pizza.