I'm a Pizzaterian..you know..when you only eat Pizza! I bet there's no better feeling in the world than a warm slice on your plate and so I take the occasional risk of downing pizza despite the 'good diet' concerns.
Now..since eating out happens often in my case, those 'to-die-for' pizza's often turn deadly for the weight conscious foodie me! SO, as an amateur experimental baker, I decided to give my cravings a healthier chance and I attempted baking a pizza at home! From the scratch! AND by golly it was good! (Or so said the gobblers).
Pizza is a lot easier to make from scratch than you might think. So for an easy cheezy Pizza I started by preparing a dough by mixing together:
1 and 1/2 cups All purpose flour/Maida
1 tsp instant yeast (or) 1 tbsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1/8 cup oil
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste
Combining it all together with a cup of warm water. I set aside this dough to rise for about an hour at room temperature. This was yet another experiment where I did not separately proof the yeast in water before adding it to the flour and rather threw everything in together at once..worked well for me (Make sure you use fresh yeast ONLY for these experiments).
A little tip here:
If you don't want to bake an instant pizza like me, the pizza dough can be wrapped in cling film and frozen till whenever you want to bake next. Just remember to take the dough out of the freezer and bring it to room temperature first. Cold dough is never a good idea.
My next step was sneaking out some of mom made thick tomato puree (made out of crushed fresh tomatoes and frozen). I punched and flattened the risen dough and then rolled it out in a nice big round with thick edges. Next I placed the rolled dough on a well greased microwave baking plate. Generously spread out the tomato paste on the rolled dough, added Salt, Oregano, Italian seasoning, Chilly flakes and pepper on it and topped it with cheese (I prefer mozzarella).
Since this was going to be a first time experiment, I stuck to keeping it to a simple (less) cheese pizza (minus veggies). It can be quite strenuous to be a foodie AND lazy at that..and so if I can bake it..anybody can!!
Next comes the baking part. Bake it on 180°c for about 10 mins first and then move to high i.e 210°c for another 10 mins (that's what they do in restaurants).
Bake, and voila! With all the endless topping combinations available, you can get rid of those carry out menus!!
This homemade pizza is fabulous! It has the perfect thickness, softness and yumminess! Don't let the long intenet recipes scare you..'cause once a homemade Pizza maker..always one!
Happy Baking!
Now..since eating out happens often in my case, those 'to-die-for' pizza's often turn deadly for the weight conscious foodie me! SO, as an amateur experimental baker, I decided to give my cravings a healthier chance and I attempted baking a pizza at home! From the scratch! AND by golly it was good! (Or so said the gobblers).
Pizza is a lot easier to make from scratch than you might think. So for an easy cheezy Pizza I started by preparing a dough by mixing together:
1 and 1/2 cups All purpose flour/Maida
1 tsp instant yeast (or) 1 tbsp active dry yeast
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup water
1/8 cup oil
1 tsp sugar
salt to taste
Recipe credits: www.sharmispassions.com
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| Flour, oil. yeast, sugar, salt |
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| The risen dough after an hour |
If you don't want to bake an instant pizza like me, the pizza dough can be wrapped in cling film and frozen till whenever you want to bake next. Just remember to take the dough out of the freezer and bring it to room temperature first. Cold dough is never a good idea.
My next step was sneaking out some of mom made thick tomato puree (made out of crushed fresh tomatoes and frozen). I punched and flattened the risen dough and then rolled it out in a nice big round with thick edges. Next I placed the rolled dough on a well greased microwave baking plate. Generously spread out the tomato paste on the rolled dough, added Salt, Oregano, Italian seasoning, Chilly flakes and pepper on it and topped it with cheese (I prefer mozzarella).
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| Ready to go into the Microwave! |
Since this was going to be a first time experiment, I stuck to keeping it to a simple (less) cheese pizza (minus veggies). It can be quite strenuous to be a foodie AND lazy at that..and so if I can bake it..anybody can!!
Next comes the baking part. Bake it on 180°c for about 10 mins first and then move to high i.e 210°c for another 10 mins (that's what they do in restaurants).
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| Freshly baked |
Bake, and voila! With all the endless topping combinations available, you can get rid of those carry out menus!!
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| Slice n Gobble! |
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| Nothing like a freshly baked homemade pizza |
This homemade pizza is fabulous! It has the perfect thickness, softness and yumminess! Don't let the long intenet recipes scare you..'cause once a homemade Pizza maker..always one!
Happy Baking!
Good will try this and let you know seems mouth watering.
ReplyDeletePlz do!! I'll be waiting for a feedback..
DeleteIt looks yummy! Thank u for sharing this easy n quick recipe.
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
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