Here is the recipe…
Mix lukewarm water and sugar (1/2 tsp) in a deep bowl. Add yeast to this and shake it gently. Cover and leave it in a warm place till the yeast granules disappear and becomes frothy. Mix together milk, oil, salt and sugar (1 tsp) in a bowl…
Knead well to make a smooth dough. The dough is ready when it is smooth and non sticky. Grease a deep bowl with oil (I used olive oil) and put the dough in it. Cover it with cling film. Keep it in a warm place for one hour or until double in size…
Mix together sliced mushroom, onion and capsicum. Drizzle olive oil generously. Season it with salt, pepper and a pinch of dried oregano. Make 3 equal size balls from the dough. Roll it out on dusted surface using fingers or a rolling pin…
Brush the rolled out and pricked dough with Olive oil. Spread a spoon full of Pizza sauce. Sprinkle some grated cheese on top. Place your mushroom and pepperoni toppings. Sprinkle again some grated cheese on the toppings. Sprinkle a pinch of dried oregano. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 mins…
Pizza Base Recipe adapted from Nita Mehta's Italian cooking for Indian Kitchen
Ingredients
For the crust
- 2 1/3 cups Plain Flour
- 2 tsp Active dry yeast (heaped)
- 1/2 tsp Sugar
- 1/4 cup Lukewarm water
- 3/4 cup Milk
- 1.5 tbsp Oil (I used Sunflower oil)
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Sugar
For the topping
- 1/2 - 3/4 cup Pizza Sauce
- 150 gms Sliced pepperoni
- 1 - 1.5 cups Sliced mushroom
- 1 big Onion (sliced)
- 1 medium Capsicum (sliced)
- 10-12 Whole black olives (sliced)
- 1.5 - 2 cups Grated cheese (I used a mix of mozzarella and cheddar)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 180 C, 10 mins before baking.
- Mix lukewarm water and sugar (1/2 tsp) in a deep bowl. Feel the water with finger to check if it's lukewarm. add yeast to this and shake it gently. Cover and leave it in a warm place till the yeast granules disappear and becomes frothy. If it doesn't swell discard it and start with another batch.
- Mix together milk, oil, salt and sugar (1 tsp) in a bowl. When yeast becomes frothy, heat the milk mixture to make it lukewarm (MW it for 20-25 seconds). Add the frothy yeast mix to the lukewarm mixture. Add this combined wet ingredients to plain flour and knead well to make a smooth dough. The dough is ready when it is smooth and non sticky.
- Grease a deep bowl with oil (I used olive oil) and put the dough in it. Cover it with cling film. Keep it in a warm place for one hour or until double in size. Punch the risen dough to original size, brush it with oil and keep again for rising for 15 mins or till it swells again.
- Make 3 equal size balls from the dough. Roll it out on dusted surface using fingers or a rolling pin. Prick the base with a fork. Transfer it to the baking dish.
- Mix together sliced mushroom, onion and capsicum. Drizzle olive oil generously. Season it with salt, pepper and a pinch of dried oregano.
- Brush the rolled out and pricked dough with Olive oil. Spread a spoon full of Pizza sauce. Sprinkle some grated cheese on top. Place your mushroom and pepperoni toppings. Sprinkle again some grated cheese on the toppings. Sprinkle a pinch of dried oregano.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 mins. Refer notes section for the baking details.
Notes
Hi Maria,
Hope you are keeping safe.
Big fan of your blog & tried many of your recipes. Very happy to say that i can blindly follow ur recipes, fully assured that it will come out great! Keep the great work going.
I have a question for the flour in the Pizza recipe – is Plain Flour the same as All Purpose Flour or did you mean Wheat Flour?
Thanks in advance
Hi Pearl,
Thank you so much, that’s a huge compliment :)
Hope you are also safe.
The flour used here is AP flour.
Cheers
Maria
Dear Maria,
I never thought that making pizza would be this easy!!!
It came out really well, soft and tasty. Everyone in my family liked it, esp my kids.
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Neha
hey Maria!!
Tried this out today and it was tasty.
Only problem was the centre was soggy and uncooked:( I rolled out the dough in 9″ size and the thickness was little more than chappathi. Baked in MW for 20 min. Could u pls tell me where i went wrong. was the size too big?? i faced the same problem with quiche recipie too :( pls help.
Betz
Hi Betz,
Thanks for trying out this recipe… from your comment I guess the middle portion is not getting cooked well.
I think if the base is thicker in the centre and thinner towards the edges, the edges will cook faster and the middle portion may remain under cooked. It’s better to roll out the base in uniform thickness.
Also which setting do you use for baking? Try to use both top and down setting while baking…
Cheers
Maria
Hey maria,
tried this recipe. the pizza turned out wonderful. Thank You.
Thanks Annie :)
Hi Maria
Thanks for ths recipe….too gud! Perfect crust…superlike! Keep going dear…..
Sunitha
Thanks Sunitha dear :) Really glad that you liked this recipe.
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
I am a regular follower of your recipes, tried this pizza recipe it came out very nice my son just loved it,thank you for this easy recipe also ur recipes are very easy to follow
Hi Samita,
Thanks for trying this and also for the comment :) Great to know that it worked out well for you…
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria, pizza looks nice, can this be prepared using microwave oven ?
Hi Ajith,
I think you can do that. Please check out the below link to know more about baking using MW.
https://mariasmenu.wpcomstaging.com/desserts/double-chocolate-brownies-and-all-you-need-to-know-about-microwave-baking-guest-post
Hope this helps..
Cheers
Maria
Wow.. Didn’t know the ingredients for pizza are so readily available ones. I am going to try this for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Can I use cheddar cheese alone? Is it going to affect the taste?
Hi Sinchu,
Yep, it’s pretty much basic ingredients. Hope you get to try it soon :)
I’ve made it using with just cheddar and I liked it. So yes, you can make it that way too..
Cheers
Maria