Pizza-Home Made-From Scratch

Welcome to another Corona virus induced lock down edition of my blog. I have been working on many recipes but due lack of proper internet, difficulty in getting groceries I am a bit delayed. Still, today I bring you the newest fad in cooking, making things at home from scratch. It essentially means using the least amount of ready made ingredients. I am happy to share my pizza recipe which is easy to make provided you have the basic ingredients. We shall be making the Pizza Base & Sauce also.

Prep Time:

2-3 hrs (Including rising time of dough)

Cook Time:

40 mins

Ingredients:
For the Pizza base:

This recipe makes two 10-12 inch medium thick crust Pizza bases.

1. Refined Wheat Floor (Maida) - 250gm
2. Dry Active Yeast - 2.5gm
3. Milk - 100ml
4. Butter - 25gms
5. Sugar - 1 teaspoon
6. Salt -1 teaspoon

For the Pizza Sauce:

1. Tomatoes - 150 gm
2. Onions - 100 gm
3. Garlic - 5-6 cloves
4. Black Pepper - 2 gm
5. Red Chili flakes/Powder
6. Olive Oil
7. Oregano
8. Basil - Optional

For the Topping:

1. Capsicum
2. Bell Peppers- Optional
3. Tomatoes
4. Onions
5. Beans - Optional
6. Mozzarella Cheese - 200gm--Or any cheese you can find during the lock down ;) 

Procedure for Pizza Sauce:

• In a fry pan, take olive oil and heat it up.
• To the oil, add diced onions, garlic and freshly cracked black pepper corns.
• Saute till the onions are golden brown.
• Then add the diced tomatoes, red chili powder, oregano, basil flakes and salt.
• Cook till the mixture is as mushy as a thick sauce.

Procedure for Pizza Base:

• Take all of the milk, warm it for 20 secs in a microwave at 800W.
• Add all the yeast & sugar to the milk and stir well.
• Wait for about 10 mins till the milk froths as shown in the above pic.
• If your milk does not froth, then you cannot use that yeast and you must try again.

• Take the floor in large kneading pan (parat) and add the salt to it.
• Add the frothed milk & yeast mixture to the floor and start kneading.

• After a 5 minutes of kneading you will have a sticky mess as shown in above pic.
• If you dont have a sticky dough then you need to add more milk but never add water.
• Now add the butter and knead again for 5-10 mins till the stickiness of the dough reduces.

 

• Scrape off the dough from the kneading pan with metallic scraper or knife.
• Grease a glass bowl with butter and add the dough to it.
• Apply butter or water to the dough so that it does not form a skin due to dryness.
• Cover the glass the bowl with aluminum foil.

• Now we wait for 45 mins to an hour till the dough rises and becomes twice its original size.
• After the dough has risen, punch it down and knead it again for about 5 mins.

• Take a foil sheet and spread half of the dough on it in a circular fashion.
• Keep flattening the dough till you get round base of about 10-12 inches.
• Try to the keep the thickness even or it will cause uneven rising of the base while baking.

• Now preheat your convection oven to at least 200 degrees Celsius for 5-10 minutes.
• Place the foil paper with the base on a non stick baking pan in the oven.
• Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 5 mins.
• This partial baking will give firmness to the base required to apply sauce and add toppings.

• Take out the partially baked base from the oven.
• Apply the previously made pizza sauce generously.
• Add one layer of grated cheese.
• Add chopped pieces of Bell Peppers, Beans, Tomatoes, Onions or practically anything you want.
• Add another layer of grated cheese.
• Bake again in a preheated oven for another 10 mins at 200 degrees Celsius.
• Repeat the procedure for making another pizza from the remaining dough.

And you completely home made pizza is ready. Serve while hot by adding himalayan salt, Oregano, Chili & Basil flakes.

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