Veg Pizza in oven.....Homemade (Dough and Pizza Sauce)

Pizza is basically an Italian dish, but now it's become very popular in all most all over the world. The main ingredients are flour, yeast, cheese and topping (veggie, chicken and meat). There are many kinds of Pizza such as, Veg Pizza, Chicken Pizza, Meat Pizza, Paneer Pizza and Cheese Pizza. Pizza can be eaten as a lunch, dinner or as a snack. The days have gone, when Pizza has been made in a big restaurant only. Now, it is very simple to make Pizza at home, because all the ingredients are easy available in the market. I've already shared Veg Pan Pizza as one of my recipes, refer to this for the recipe: https://ayeshamd.blogspot.com/2019/01/no-oven-yummy-vegpan-pizza.html In this recipe, I'm making Veg pizza in an oven from homemade dough and homemade Pizza sauce. In this recipe, I'm going to show you how making a Pizza dough, it's very simple just follow simple steps and your homemade pizza dough is ready. However, pizza sauce is easily available in the market but, in this recipe I'm going to show you how making Pizza sauce.
Prep Time: 1 hr
Cook Time: 2 hrs
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 5
Course: Lunch, Dinner, Snack
Author: Ayesha Md

Ingredients:

For dough:

75 ml of lukewarm water
1 cup of yogurt
2 tsp of active dry yeast powder
1/2 tbsp salt (as per taste)
3 tbsp of oil+ 1 tbsp for greasing
3 tsp of sugar
4 cups of all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda double action

For Pizza Sauce:

300 gm tomato puree
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
2-3 tbsp oregano herbs
salt as per taste
2 tbsp black pepper powder
1 tbsp red chili flakes
1 tbsp paprika powder
1 tbsp ginger garlic powder (half tsp each)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp onion powder

For Topping:

200 gm olive slices (optional)

1 tomato thinly slice, or finely chopped
1 green capsicum thinly slice, or finely chopped
1 red capsicum thinly slice, or finely chopped
1 medium size onion, ring (optional)
500 gm shredded Mozzarella cheese

Directions for cooking:

1. Take an empty bowl, then add flour, salt, baking powder, yogurt and olive oil.

2. Take an another bowl, dissolve sugar and yeast in lukewarm water. Let it settle for 10 minutes.

3. Now mix this mixture and knead it for 5-10 minutes or till it becomes a soft dough. Cover it with cling drape and let it rise 6-8 hrs.

4. Take a large bowl, add tomato, capsicum, olive and onion and then mix them well.

5. Take a non-stick pan, heat oil, add tomato puree, red chili flakes, black pepper powder, paprika powder, ginger garlic powder, onion powder, lemon juice, sugar, oregano herbs and salt. Cook for 5- 10 minutes or till thickens.

6. Now your dough has risen, knead for a few minutes. Divide it into 6-8 small size or 4 medium size or 2 big size balls.

7. With the help of rolling pin, flatten each ball into pizza base size and spread 2-3 tbsp pizza sauce over the top of the base and sprinkle some cheese then decorates your favorite toppings.

8. Preheat the oven at 425 degree Celsius.

9. Grease, oil into the baking tray, place pizza base over it, and cook for 10-15 minutes, till cheese melted or turns golden spot over it.

10. Remove the Pizza from the baking tray to a cutting board and cut each pizza into 6-8 slices. Serve hot with ketchup. 

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