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Pizza from scratch


Ingredients

500 gms  Maida
1 tsp Baking powder

Sift these together

2 tbsp amul butter
2 tbsp Olive Oil
Salt to taste


For the yeast proofing

3 tbsp Yeast
2 tbsp sugar
3/4th small glass cup warm milk


Method

1. Sift the maida and baking powder together
2. Add salt amul butter and olive oil
3. Warm  milk and add the sugar to it.
4. Add yeast and leave it for 10 minutes.
5. Add  the bubbled yeast mixture to it.
6. Mix it all well together and make a dough which is softer than chapathi dough.
7.Cover with cling film and keep aside for 30 to 40 minutes
8. Dough should double in size.
9. After it doubles in size beat the dough and strecth it well.
10. Roll them into balls and make a base. Prick it with a for,brush it with butter and bake it for 3 minutes on 200 degrees C. Remove when light brown.

Pizza Sauce

For 7 pizzas

7 Tomatoes
3 Onion
1 garlic cloves
1 tbsp readymade pizza sauce
2 tbsp Olive Oil to cook the vegetables.
Oregano
Chilli Flakes
Italian seasoning
Salt

Method
1. Add olive oil, Cook onions till light pink.
2. Add tomatoes and 1 tbsp pizza sauce and cook till it leaves sides.
4. Add Oregano , Chilli Flakes, Italian seasoning ,Salt
5. Cool the sauce

Toppings

cut Capsicum
Olives
Jalapenos
Mushrooms
Paneer
Grated Cheese ( mix of mozarella and cheddar)

Assembling a pizza

1. Take the homemade pizza base.
2. Layer it with butter
3. Add pizza sauce.
4. Add your favourite toppings
5. Spread some cheese
6. Bake for 5 minutes till the cheese melts.

Comments

  1. Unknown22 January 2020 at 08:26

    Aunty...thank you so much for this receipe...and so many others....Surat has been guiding me with so many receipes and techniques...going through your blog gives me a sense of where she gets her skills and patience from...thanks once again...

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