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Pizza Recipe | Veg Pizza
Prep Time : 1 hr 15 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Total Time : 1 hr 30 mins
Ingredients
For pizza crust
- 3 to 3.25 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour (unbleached), 375 grams
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup warm water or add as required
- 1.5 teaspoons instant yeast 4 to 5 grams or 2 teaspoons dry active yeast
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt or add as required
- 1 to 2 teaspoons olive oil for brushing dough
- semolina or cornmeal (makki ka atta) or all-purpose flour for sprinkling on pan
For pizza sauce
- 5 to 6 medium tomatoes – 500 grams
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic or 8 to 10 small to medium garlic cloves, 5 grams peeled garlic
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ¼ cup chopped basil or 3 to 4 teaspoons dried basil
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano or 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
- freshly crushed black pepper or ground black pepper, as required
- salt as required
Toppings
- 1 onion sliced or cut in cubes
- 1 capsicum (bell pepper), sliced or cubed
- 1 tomato chopped or sliced – optional
- 10 to 12 pitted green olives sliced, optional
- 10 to 12 pitted black olives sliced, optional
- ½ cup steamed sweet corn kernels or canned corn kernels
- ⅓ cup sliced baby corn
- ⅓ to ½ cup sautéed kale
- ⅓ cup sautéed spinach
- ⅓ to ½ cup cauliflower, fennel, brussel sprouts, cabbage (steamed, roasted or sautéed)
- ½ to 1 cup sautéed button mushrooms
- ⅓ to ½ cup broccoli or french beans (blanched or sautéed)
- Italian seasoning – as required
- mozzarella cheese or pizza cheese, as required
- parmesan cheese (vegetarian), as required
- red chili flakes – as required
Instructions
Making pizza dough
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In a large mixing bowl take the instant yeast, sugar and lukewarm water.
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Stir and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 10 to 15 mins till it becomes frothy,
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Add one cup flour, salt, olive oil to the frothy yeast mixture.
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Mix well. Add another cup of flour and mix again. The mixture becomes sticky.
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Add the last cup of flour and continue to stir.
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Knead the dough into a smooth, springy ball. Apply some olive oil all over the dough.
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Cover loosely and keep in a large bowl at room temperature for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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The dough will double up and nicely leaven.
Making pizza sauce
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Crush or make a smooth puree of the tomatoes in a blender.
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Heat olive oil. Fry the minced garlic for some seconds. Add the tomato puree. Mix and let cook uncovered for 5 minutes.
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Season with salt and mix. Cover and simmer the tomato sauce on low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have softened.
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If the sauce looks too thick you can add ¼ cup water. Then cover and continue to cook.
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Add the herbs and crushed black pepper. Mix well.
Assembling and baking veg pizza
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Preheat your oven at 230 degrees Celsius (450 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
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Cut the dough in 3 or 4 equal parts. Flatten the dough to a disk. On a lightly floured surface roll the dough having ⅛ to ¼ inch thickness.
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Place the dough onto a greased and dusted pan.
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Brush some olive oil on the pizza base. Spread the tomato sauce on the pizza.
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Top shredded mozzarella cheese and veggies.
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Sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese.
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Keep the tray near or close to the bottom heating element of your oven.
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Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius (450 degrees Fahrenheit) until the base becomes golden brown and the cheese on top melts.
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Wait for a minute or two and serve veggie pizza while still hot.