Home Made Veggie Pizza - With Dough Making

Probably the most loved food across the world and one of the most popular too. The Pizza is undoubtedly on 'Everyones Favorite' menu. When you can master this art and make a pizza ground-up right from the dough to the crust to the cheese and the toppings, you know that you have rechristened your home into a Pizzeria and your kitchen into a MasterChef's Workshop. 

Please follow my step-wise process to the most humble yet amazing home-made veggie pizza you can spin up from your kitchen.  

Freshly Baked Home-made Veggie Pizza

Pizza Slice

Ingredients

• 2 cups of maida
• 1 cup of atta
• 2 tsp of yeast
• 1.5 cups of water
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp sugar

Procedure

• Heat the water until it's warm. You should be able to immerse your finger comfortably for 5 seconds. I just warmed it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
• Add the sugar to it and stir. Then add the yeast and leave it undisturbed for 10 mins. It should activate and froth on the surface. **If it does not, don't proceed. The yeast is past it's expiry date or the water was either too hot/too cold**
• Add this water to the flour and make a dough. It will be sticky but keep kneading until it starts coming together. Will take 15 mins of good kneading.
• Oil a large bowl and put the dough into it and allow it to proof in a warm place until it doubles in size. Should take about 2 hours. 
• When ready to bake, deflate the dough and make the pizza. 
• For the sauce, I sauteed some chopped garlic and onion in olive oil. Then added some red bell pepper and tomato puree. Cooked it until it released oil. Added oregano, basil, salt, sugar and chilli flakes.

Sift your flour and get it ready for mixing the dough

Heat water and add the yeast and sugar

Yeast and sugar form a froth on the surface

Keep kneading until the dough starts coming together 

You know the dough is done when you see air pockets and netting like that form

This is when the dough comes together, let is sit for 2 hours in a bowl well oiled and at a warm place

The pizza dough needs to rise to get the perfect pizza base

That press of the fist will tell you if your dough has risen well and is ready

Roll the pizza dough into a round base

Spread the marinara evenly across the pizza dough

Paneer and corn for pizza topping

Chopped Veggies for the pizza topping

Add all the veggies and paneer to the pizza base

Assemble the Pizza with all your favorite toppings and cheese