Veg Pizza Recipe

Anyone for Pizza? Here is a veg pizza recipe made from the scratch i.e including the pizza base and pizza sauce. I had made pizza several times before, but with a ready made base. But after making the base for this veg pizza recipe at home, I don’t think I will ever bother to buy pizza base from the store again.

The first time that I made bread, I was not sure how it would turn out. In fact, it was just an experiment for me. But since the time that I first made Pav (Dinner Rolls), there was no looking back. I enjoyed it so much that I started reading more and more articles about how yeast works, how to decide the proportions of yeast, sugar, flour etc. I found it very exciting and I started trying new varieties of bread like Stuffed Potato Buns, Spinach and Chicken Stuffed Buns.

This time it was going to be Pizza made from the scratch, i.e including the pizza base and pizza sauce. This veg pizza recipe has already been tried and tested by several of our readers and we have received some excellent feedback.

So there you go…let Mr. Yeast do its job and get a nice fluffy dough,  load the pizza with a combination of your favorite toppings and if you are a cheese lover like me, add as much cheese as you want to get a delicious, yummilicious pizza…Do let us know how it turns out…

This veg pizza recipe is divided into three parts to make it easier to follow:

1. making the pizza base
2. making the pizza sauce
3. making the toppings.

Here is the step by step veg pizza recipe with pictures:

Makes: 3 medium sized pizzas
Preparation Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes per pizza

Ingredients:

To make dough:
All purpose flour: 3  and 1/2 cups
Active dry yeast: 3/4 tbsp
Olive Oil: 3 tbsp
Sugar:  1 tsp
Warm Water: 1 and 1/4 cup
Salt: 1 tsp

To make pizza sauce:
Tomatoes: 4 pureed
Garlic: 5-6 cloves finely chopped
Olive Oil: 2 tbsp
Dried basil: 1 tbsp
Dried Oregano: 1 tbsp
Salt: to taste

For Toppings:
Onion: 1 medium sliced into rings
Capsicum: 1 medium cut into rings
Mushroom: 250 gm chopped
Olives: 2 tbsp chopped(Optional)
Dried Oregano: 1 tbsp
Salt: to taste
Mozzarella Cheese: As required

Method of Preparation:

To make pizza base

1. Add sugar and yeast to the warm water and let it sit for 15-30 minutes till it becomes frothy.
2. Add to the bowl oil, 3 cups of flour and salt.
3. Knead the dough into a smooth ball. Use additional 1/2 cup of flour while kneading if required.
4. Apply oil all over the dough. Cover  with moist cloth and keep in warm place for around 1 hour.
5. The dough will double up. (You may need to keep it for more time based on the temperature outside)

To make pizza sauce

1. Heat olive oil in a pan. Add garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add tomato puree and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
3. Add oregano, basil and salt. Mix well and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

To make toppings

1. Heat olive oil in a pan. Add onion and capsicum and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add mushrooms and olives and sauté for another 2-3 minutes.
3. Add oregano and salt. Mix well

The Final steps

1. Grease and dust a baking pan.
2. Divide the dough, pizza sauce and toppings, each into 3 parts.
3. Place one part on the pan and flatten into disk.
4. Brush some olive oil on the pizza base.
5. Apply one portion of pizza sauce on the pizza base.
6. Add one portion of toppings.
7. Top with grated mozzarella cheese as per taste.
8. Bake the pizza in a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

I have also posted a recipe of pizza made with whole wheat flour pizza base. If interested you can check it out : Whole Wheat Paneer Tikka Pizza.

Also you might be interested in some of our other Italian recipes like Creamy Pesto Pasta,  Bruschetta, Veg Calzone, Vegetarian Lasagna

Veg Pizza Recipe

Veg Pizza Recipe

 

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Prep time

2 hours 30 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

2 hours 50 mins

 

Here is a veg pizza recipe made from the scratch i.e including the pizza base, pizza sauce and topppings.

Author: YourHungerStop

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Italian

Serves: 3 medium sized pizzas

Ingredients

• All purpose flour: 3 and ½ cups
• Active dry yeast: ¾ tbsp
• Olive Oil: 5 tbsp
• Sugar: 1 tsp
• Warm Water: 1 and ¼ cup
• Salt: to taste
• Tomatoes: 4 pureed
• Garlic: 5-6 cloves finely chopped
• Dried basil: 1 tbsp
• Dried Oregano: 2 tbsp
• Onion: 1 medium sliced into rings
• Capsicum: 1 medium cut into rings
• Mushroom: 250 gm chopped
• Olives: 2 tbsp chopped(Optional)
• Mozzarella Cheese: As required

Instructions

1. Add sugar and yeast to the warm water and let it sit for 15-30 minutes till it becomes frothy.
2. Add to the bowl 3 tbsp olive oil, 3 cups of flour and salt.
3. Knead the dough into a smooth ball. Use additional ½ cup of flour while kneading if required.
4. Apply oil all over the dough. Cover with moist cloth and keep in warm place for around 1 hour.
5. The dough will double up. (You may need to keep it for more time based on the temperature outside)
6. To make pizza sauce, Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Add garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add tomato puree and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
8. Add 1 tbsp oregano, basil and salt. Mix well and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
9. To make toppings, Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan. Add onion and capsicum and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
10. Add mushrooms and olives and sauté for another 2-3 minutes.
11. Add 1 tbsp oregano and salt. Mix well
12. Finally, Grease and dust a baking pan.
13. Divide the dough, pizza sauce and toppings, each into 3 parts.
14. Place one part on the pan and flatten into disk.
15. Brush some olive oil on the pizza base.
16. Apply one portion of pizza sauce on the pizza base.
17. Add one portion of toppings.
18. Top with grated mozzarella cheese as per taste.
19. Bake the pizza in a preheated oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

Notes

Common mistakes to avoid:
Make sure that you do not use hot water with yeast and sugar as hot water would kill the yeast. Use warm water. Basically if you insert your finger in the water, it should feel hot but not burning hot.I placed the water in the microwave for 15-20 seconds.

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