The video is finally ready, after a lot of effort might I add. Over the past year I have perfected this recipe. The lockdown gave us all opportunities to learn things that we otherwise would avoid. Friends and family have had my Pizza’s and have loved it. Some even didn’t believe it, that I made it at home all on my own. When I was in Bangalore, I used to order the fresh herbs from Gourmet Garden, they really have the freshest herbs. The sauce came out so well when I used Fresh Oregano, Basil, Thyme and Rosemary. Now that I have moved to Hyderabad, I am still figuring out what I can get and where I can get it. So this time around I got my fresh herbs from Amazon Fresh.
Yes, this is a long recipe. It is detailed. I have made the sauce, the base and shown how to assemble the pizza as well. The sauce takes time, about 20 minutes, I would suggest making this either in the morning or a night before. So it is a little less cumbersome the day you make your pizza. The base recipe is 80% whole wheat and 20% all purpose flour or maida. It takes about 6-8 minutes to knead this with yeast. The baked dough is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Baking time is a maximum of 20 minutes. With this recipe you can easily make around 8 thin crust pizzas and around 5 thick crust pizzas, you can choose how thick you want it!
Here is an interesting trick, to get the pizza to taste amazing, I season the base with dried oregano or Italian seasoning and a little bit of cheese, the base absorbs the flavour while baking. The quantity of the sauce is really adequate, I actually had some left over; so I am going to make pasta soon!
The sauce is extremely tasty, it is better than any store bought sauce and costs a fraction actually. You just need a good blender or food processor for the sauce.
Do look at the recipe and let me know if you have any doubts, feedback or suggestions?
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Sunday Veggie Pizza Party
Ingredients
Homemade Pizza Sauce Ingredients:
- 400 grams of tomato puree
- 4 tomatoes diagonally cut
- 1 Onion optional
- 2 cups each of fresh basil and rosemary or any fresh Italian herbs
- 1 Tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon of Keya Pizza Seasoning or Italian herbs
- 2-3 Tablespoon of cooking butter
- 1 teaspoon of Keya pepper
- 1-2 teaspoons Chilli flakes; based on taste
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt per your taste
Ingredients for the Pizza Base-
- 2 cup warm water
- 4.5 teaspoons active-dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 7 tablespoons oil
- 4 cups of whole wheat flour
- 2 cups of maida or all purpose flour
- Italian dried herbs
- Grated cheddar cheese for seasoning the crust this tastes way better
Veggies for the pizza
- 2 Onions chopped in strips
- 3 Capsicums cut into chunky pieces
- 20 Jalapeños
- 20 Red Paprika
- 8 Baby corns cut in half
- A cup of frozen sweet corn
- Dried Italian herbs for seasoning (Keya has the best)
- 250 grams cheddar cheese block
- 250 grams Mozeralla cheese
- Italian dried herbs
Instructions
Steps for making homemade pizza sauce:
- Cut tomatoes diagonally on the top through till the middle
- Boil them in a sauce pan, until it reaches a rolling boil.
- Let them cool, peel the tomatoes carefully and dice them.
- The sauce tastes better without the peel In a food processor, Blend 2 cups of basil and parsley
- Add peeled tomatoes to this
- Add a little bit of water to blend all ingredients well
- Heat the 2 tablespoons of cooking butter in a deep pot
- Add herbs and tomato mix to it and stir well
- Add 400gms tomato puree to it, bring to boil
- Add seasoning, salt and sugar
- Add dried oregano
- Add pepper and chill flakes
- Simmer it for 5-6 minutes
- Sauce is ready!
Steps for Making the Pizza Base:
- Warm 2 cups of water to 100-110F
- Add sugar
- Add yeast, keep in a warm place for 6 minutes
- In a deep dish or parath add 4 cups of whole wheat flour
- Add 2 cups of maida or all purpose flour
- Add salt
- Add 7 tablespoons oil
- Make a well, add bloomed yeast
- Knead the dough for about 5-6 minutes
- Add a little water and oil to your hands if it sticks while kneading the dough
- Oil two deep bowls with a narrow base, divide the dough into 2
- Cling wrap and keep the dough in a warm area, it needs to double in size, takes about an hour
- Preheat you oven and keep the dough beside it that’s an area that always stays warm
- When the dough is proofing for an hour, you can cut the veggies of your choice!
- After an hour is done, you need to 2nd proof your dough
- Pre heat your oven to 200C for 20 minutes
- Mix the divided dough
- Knead it for a 1-2 minutes
- Divide the dough into 8 equal sized parts
- Tuck the doughs in and make them into small balls
- Keep aside for 2nd proof, next to the warm oven
- After 15 minutes 2nd proof is done!
Steps for making and baking the pizza:
- Flatten the dough from the centre of the pan to the edges
- Work the dough through the edge of the dish always keep the edges thicker.
- Using a fork make holes on the base,
- Add some oregano and mixed dried herbs and some grated cheese to the base
- Now add the prepared sauce
- Add veggies, seasoning and cheese
- Bake in an oven preheated, for about 12-15 minutes, the first one usually takes a little longer
- Take the pizza out of the oven, let it cool for 5-6 minutes before transferring it to a plate.
- Serve the pizza with seasoning and enjoy eating it!
- Cool the pizza, cut and then serve with additional seasoning
