Pizza

Introduction :

Making Pizza is Fun. It is now possible to enjoy a yummy Pizza at home. Home made Pizza is very healthy and you can adapt any Pizza recipe to your own taste.

1.Ingredients for making Pizza Base:

• Bread  flour - 3 1/2 cups
• Olive or any Vegetable Oil  - 3 tsp
• Dry Yeast    -   4 grams
• Warm Water  - 1 1/2 cups
• Salt  -    1 tsp
• Sugar -   1 tsp

Preparation :

• In a small bowl take warm water, sprinkle the Yeast in it. Add 1 cup of flour to the Yeast mixed and  stir to dissolve well. Set aside the bowl for 5 to 10 mins until the Yesast forming bubbles.
• Now in a large bowl take the remaining flour . Add Oil, Salt , Sugar and the Yeast mix to it .
• Mix all the ingredients very well with hand to form a dough. Coat the dough with Oil lightly.
• Cover the bowl with a Kitchen Towel and set the bowl aside for 1 1/2 hrs. until the dough doubles in volume.
• After one hour, when the dough is double its original size, punch it down to eliminate the air bubbles and keep it aside for another half and hour.
• Now on the lightly floured surface cut the dough into equal pieces.
• Shape the pieces into a thin round layer with hands and transfer the same to the Pizza Pan.
• Cook the Pizza in a Oven at 500 F (260 C) for about 20 to 25 mins along with your favorite toppings.

2.Ingredients for making Pizza Sauce:

• Tomato  -    3 (Chopped finely)
• Tomato pury - make the pury with another 3 tomatos
• Garlic Chopped - 3 cloves
• Capsicum  -  1 large size
• Olive or Vetable Oil  - 3 tsp
• Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
• Whole Basil  - 1 tsp
• Whole Oregano - 1 tsp
• Salt -  1/2 tsp
• Sugar  - 1/2 tsp

Preparation :

• In a Pan pour 3 tsp of oil and fry the chopped garlic, add Capsicum and saute for few seconds.
• Now add chopped tomatoes and tomato puree ( for the puree remove the skin of thetomatoes.. you can do that in an easy way. Remove the skin by dipping the tomato in boiling water for 30 seconds then dip it in cold water and peel off the skin easily and paste them in a blender) . If your tomatoes are not red in color you can add little bit of red color.
• Add salt and sugar and cook it low flame for 20 mins...there should not be any tomato raw.
• Now add Basil and origano and mix well. Keep it in low flame for 5 mins and remove from the flame.

Topping :

• Once th pizza base is ready apply tomato sauce on that and apply some butter at the edges for a good crust.
• You can use Capsicum, onions , pine apple, mushrooms, corn for the toppings.
• Sprinke shredded chese on the top and cook it in the oven.

The yummiest pizza is ready to eat now.