Veg Pizza

FOR 1 FAMILY SIZE PIZZA
REQUIREMENT:

• 1 Cup Maida
• Yeast
• Salt
• Sugar
• Water
• Mozzarella Cheese, grated
• Toppings (Capsicum and/or Tomato and/or Onion and/or Jalapeno and/or Olives or simply whatever your taste buds desire)
• 1 Tbspn Garlic, minced
• Olive Oil
• 8 Tomatoes
• 1 Small Capsicum, chopped finely
• Basil, Thyme, Rosemary 
• Ground Pepper

METHOD

• Take small quantity(quarter coffee cup) of warm water, add yeast (1gram for 1 cup of maida),1/2 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon sugar and a little maida. Mix well and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Take  Maida and add olive oil (1 teaspoon for every 1 cup) . Add the above yeast solution and knead.
• Pat the finished dough with olive oil. Cover with moist cloth and keep aside for 2 hours in a warm place.
• After 2 hours, pound the dough and knead little. Keep aside for half an hour.
• After half an hour – Roll the dough into a 5mm thick base.
• Poke all over the base with a fork.
• Preheat the oven to 220 C . Bake the base for 2 minutes.

FOR THE SAUCE:

• Make a cross on the tomatoes along with little scratches. Place them in boiling water for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, place them directly in cold water. Now peel the tomato skin.
• Cut the tomatoes and squash them with fingers.
• Heat a pan. Pour 3 teaspoons of olive oil.
• Add crushed garlic (2 whole). Fry for some time.
• Add finely chopped bell pepper.Fry for some time.
• Add crushed, chopped tomatoes. Add a little sugar and salt to taste.
• Cook on low flame for about half an hour.
• After it is almost cooked, add basil, rosemary, thyme and fresh ground pepper.

PREPARATION:

• After the base is baked for 2 minutes, take it out and turn over.
• Apply the sauce over the base.
• Sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese. Over the cheese, place toppings in a single layer (only).
• Then sprinkle salt, ground pepper, seasoning and a little drizzle of olive oil.
• Place it in a preheated oven of 220C.
• Cook for 9minutes or till the cheese turns golden brown.
• After cheese turns golden brown, switch off oven and keep a standing time of around 5 minutes.
• And now gobble, gobble, gobble.