The group Home Bakers Challenge was
started by Priya of Priya’s Versatile Recipes and The first month challenge was
announced by Divya Prakash from Divya’s Culinary Journey. She chose a homemade pizza for this month's
challenge with four choices of pizza - Pizza with
pizza sauce, Pizza without pizza sauce, Pizza with pesto and Pizza with Indian touch (Naanizza).
Ingredients For Dough:-
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp dry or instant yeast
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
Method:-
- Sprinkle yeast over ½ cups warm water. Keep aside.
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in a bowl.
- Gradually add olive oil until combined with the flour.
- Pour in yeast-water mixture and mix until just combined.
- Form the dough into a ball.
- Grease a bowl with olive oil and keep the dough.
- Apply olive oil to the dough as well.
- Cover the bowl tightly with cling wrap and store in the fridge until you need it.
Ingredients for pizza sauce:-
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tomatoes (ground)
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- ¼ tsp pepper pdr
- salt to taste
Method:-
- In a pan, pour oil.
- Add all the ingredients.
- Cook on low heat until tomato is thick for about 8-10 minutes.
- Strain the sauce through a sieve and remove the seeds.
- Keep aside.
Ingredients for marinated paneer:-
- ½ cup paneer
- 2 tbsp curd
- ½ tsp red chilli pdr
- ½ tsp pepper pdr
- ¼ tsp cumin pdr
- salt to taste
Method:-
- Marinate the paneer cubes with all the other ingredients and refrigerate at least 15 - 20 minutes.
Ingredients for toppings:-
- 1 capsicum (finely chopped)
- mozarella cheese (grated)
Method:-
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees Celsius.
- Flatten and shape the pizza dough with your hand.
- Spread pizza sauce on the base.
- Arrange the marinated paneer and half of the capsicum cubes.
- Sprinkle grated cheese and sprinkle leftover capsicum on top.
- Bake at 190 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes.
- Serve hot.
Notes:-
- Yeast should be dissolved in warm water and not lukewarm.
- You may make and keep the dough 3-4 days in advance in refrigerator.
