Pizza-Made-Easy
Ingredients
Maida or All Purpose Flour - 250 gms
Olive Oil or Refined Vegetable Oil - 3 tsp
Baking Powder - 1 tsp
Shreaded Mozzarella Cheese - 100 gms
Tomato Puree or Tomato Sauce - 2 tsp
Preparation
- Take the All Purpose Flour in a bowl, add Baking Powder and 1
teaspoon of Olive Oil to it (You can also use Refined Vegetable
Oil. But don't use any strong oil like those of Mustard or Sesame).
- Knead the dough well as you would for preparing Chappati, Puri,
etc. Cover it with wet cloth and keep it aside to 2 hours (The wet
cloth will prevent it from drying).
- After 2 hours, the dough would have not only increased in size
but would also be wonderfully fluffy. Knead the dough again to spread
the existing moisture well.
- Dust the cooking floor with a little bit of All Purpose Flour,
place the dough, and use a rolling pin to make an 1/2 inch thick
Chappati. If you are good with your hand, you can also flatten the
dough neatly on the cooking surface (Italian way).
- Now raw pizza base is ready. Grease the surface of Pizza Baking
pan with Olive Oil very well. Shift raw pizza to the pan
now(otherwise shifting is very messy).
- Spread a teaspoon of Olive Oil evenly over the Pizza. On the top
of that spread tomato sauce or puree evenly.
- Now spread shredded Mozzarella Cheese on the top of the
Pizza. Don't bother about extreme ends as the cheese is going to melt
on heating (Suggestions for other topping are given at the end).
- Pre-heat the oven to 500 degree before baking.
- Place the Pizza into the oven and bake for 10mins. When the
corners are darker red and slightly crispy the pizza is ready. In some
ovens, it may take 15 mins. But it is good idea to check from time to
time.
- Remove the pizza and use pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut
slices for serving Plain Cheese Pizza.
Varieties of Pizza Topping
You can also add variety to your Pizza making.
-- On top of the Mozzarella Cheese spread, add a bit
of basil powder or basil leaves if available, Olive
Oil, freshly ground Black Pepper powder and a pinch of
salt for great aroma and taste.
-- If you want extra cheese, add Parmesan Cheese to
this Pizza.
-- Deep Dish or Regular Pizza depends how thick a
Pizza you are making with a rolling pin.
-- You can add cut Jalepeno Chilli, Black Olives,
Regular Olives, chopped Onions, slices of Pineapple,
slices or Tomato or any other topping you like over
the shreaded Mozzarella spread.
-- You can also add sauted vegetables of your choice.
For this take the softer form the vegetable, saunt it
in Olive Oil and Onion, add it to Pizza.
-- For those who like to add spice to the Pizza and
create their own versions, well, just go ahead. All
that matter is good, tasty and healthy food. Some of
the choices could be: cut eggplant(or brinjal),
saunted with Oil, some spice Powder or fresh Black
Pepper powder, cooked very well and strained of excess
oil. Spread it on the top over the cheese. Or take
baby artichokes, remove the skin, cut the top off,
keep them in lemon water for some time, chop them very
well, saunt it with Oil and Pepper.
Preparation time : 2 hours
Baking time : 15 mins
Eating time : 0 mins
Happy Cooking!!!
