Sunday, December 7, 2014

Veggie Pizza with homemade wholewheat base

Veggie Pizza: 

Pizza comes in the category of junk food but now we made it so  nutritious and healthy and we need not to buy the base from outside also. We can make our own pizza base and kids can enjoy the healthy pizza.

While making pizza, i came to know about many things and these things you can experience when you will make it, So why do delay???? Make this yummy pizza and surprise you kiddo with healthy (so called junk) food.





Servings: 4 Pizzas

Ingredients:

For dough:
4 cup atta
1-2tsp oil
2tsp dry yeast (instant yeast)
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 teacup milk
1 tsp salt

For tomato spread:
8 tomatoes blanched and pureed
Salt & pepper according to taste
6-8 cloves garlic
2 whole red chilli flakes
1 tsp oregano
1-2 tsp oil

For Topping:
4 onion chopped
2 capsicum chopped
1/2 cup corn
1 tomato sliced
1/2 tsp soya sauce
1/2 tsp vinegar
Salt & pepper according to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1-2 tsp olive oil


grated cheese for garnishing

Method:

For the Pizza Base:

1. Mix warm water and sugar in a cup. Feel the water with a finger to check if it is lukewarm.
2. Add yeast. Shake the cup gently to mix the yeast. Cover it & leave it in a warm place till the granules of the yeast disappear and it becomes frothy.
3.Mix milk, oil, salt and sugar in a pan. Keep aside. When the yeast becomes frothy, heat this milk mixture to make it lukewarm. Add rge ready yeast to this mixture of milk.
4. Add the yeast and milk mixture to the maida and knead well to make a smooth dough. Grease a big polythene, brush the dough with a little oil and put it in the polythene. Keep it covered in a warm place to swell for 1 year or till it doubles in size.
5. Now punch it down to its original size, brush with oil and keep it back in polythene for another 15 mins again.
6. Make 4 balls. Roll out the atta like chapati (little thick). Prick each base with the fork. Brush pizza base with oilve oil. Heat at 140 degree for 6-7 mins.

For the Tomato spread:

7. Heat oil. Add garlic and cook till light brown. Add puree and fry it till it gives a thick consistency. Add all other ingredients for tomato spread and cook on low flame for 2-3 mins. Keep aside.

To Assemble:

8. Brush some oil on pizza based on the both side and put in the oven at 180 degree till it becomes little brown.
9. Spread some puree. Sprinkle some grated cheese and mix all the ingredients of the toppings and spread on it. Top with few tomato slices and grated cheese again.
10. Put again in the oven till cheese melts. Cut into pieces and serve.








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