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Pizza

Ingredients

For the dough:
Plain flour (maida) -450 gm.
Dry yeast-2 tsp.
Salt-1 level tsp.
Sugar-1 tsp.
4 teaspon oil or 2 tablespoon margarine.
Warm water to make the dough.

For the sauce:
Red tomatoes-1 kg.
Onions-3.
Cloves-6.
Sugar-3 tsp.
Chilli powder-1 tsp.
Oil- 4 tbsp.
Salt to taste

For the topping:

Capsicums -2 (cut into rings).
Grated cooking cheese-225 gm.
A few red chillies (coarsely powdered).

Method

To make the dough:

1. Sieve the flour with salt. Add the oil & mix well with your fingers.
2. Make a well in the centre and put sugar and yeast.
3. Pour 1/2 teacup warm water (not hot water) over the yeast.
4. Wait for 15 mts.
5. Mix the yeast in the flour and add enough water to make a dough.
6. Add water little by little for this.
7. Cover the dough with a very big vessel or a wet cloth.
8. Leave it till it doubles in size.
9. Before spreading it on the tray mix the dough again.
10. Divide the dough according to the size of the tray.
11. Grease the tray with oil.Roll out the dough about quarter inch thickness on the greased tray with your palm.
12. Leave it for 15 mts.

To preapare the sauce:

1. Boil the tomatoes.
2. When the skin starts peeling, drain the water & cool.
3. Cut the tomatoes & put it in the liquidiser. Do not add water.
4. Sieve the tomatoe pulp.
5. Heat oil in a vessel & add the slit onions (Cut lengthwise).
6. Cook for 5 mins.
7. Add the pulp, salt, sugar, chilli powder & boil for 10 mins.
8. Now spread the sauce on the rolled out dough in the tray.
9. Arrange the capscicum rings with space between each ring so that when you cut the pizza you will get pieces each with a capscicum.
10. Sprinkle plenty of cheese,coarsely powdered red chillies.
11. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 500 degrees farenheit for 20 mins or till it turns golden brown.

Hope you like it!