Ingredients
| All purpose flour/ Maida | 1 & 1/2 cup |
| active dry yeast – 1 tbsp | |
| Milk | 1/4 cup |
| Water | 1/4 cup (approx.) |
| Olive oil | 1/8 cup |
| Salt | 3/4 tsp |
| Sugar | 1 & 1/2 tsp |
For topping
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves.
[ chicken cut in to cubes . marinate with salt(as needed), red chilly powder/ pepper powder (1/4 tsp) , garlic ( 1 clove minced) add olive oil (4 tbsp). keep in refridgerator for 30 min, then saute the chicken to just brown all the sides]
Cool, then either shred or chop into small pieces
| Pizza cheese/ Mozzarella, grated | 3/4 cup |
| Onion, tomato, capsicum(red/ green), black olives and , | As needed, chopped |
| Red ripe chilli (Cayenne pepper) | 1 |
| Pasta sauce/ homemade pizza sause | 3 tblsp |
Method
- Take a bowl and add 1/4 cup of just warm water. dissolve your dry yeast in it.then add 2 tbspn of flour. mix well and keep aside for 10-15 min
- In a bowl, mix flour, salt .
- Add sugar , milk. and olive oil to the flour and mix. add yeast mixture
- Make a smooth dough. Knead for 5 minutes. Keep aside covered with a wetted towel. Preferably in a warm place. I keep inside the oven with oven light ON. After an hour or 1 & 1/2 hour, the dough would have doubled and risen.
- punching the dough and remove the air bubbles out. then let it ferment for one more time. keep in the same place by covering with same cloth. for 1/2 hr
- Preheat the oven to 200 deg.C . Get the toppings ready. Knead again the dough smoothly and in a well floured surface, roll out into thick pizza (dust the surface generously if sticky). Just make the sides like a rim. Transfer this to a well greased and sprinkled with some flour pizza pan.
- Spread pasta sauce inside the rim and spread some half of the grated cheese, I used mixed cheese.
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- Arrange the toppings as desired in pattern or just toss the toppings here and there and cover with the remaining grated cheese.
- Bake for 14 - 15 minutes in a preheated oven until the cheese melts and pizza turns golden in colour. The pizza should move freely in the pan, with which you can check if its cooked perfectly.
Notes
- Do not skip sugar.
- You can use 50 50 wheat flour and all purpose flour too.
- Water quantity is approximate and just use it as only a guidance and adjust accordingly.
- The dough should be soft and pliable and not stiff to get a soft pizza.
- Feel free to use your own toppings.
- More cheese = more tasty, but do not overload, otherwise, centre of the pizza will be looking white and gooey.
- Do not roll too thick, remember, the dough will rise a bit while baking too.
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