Vegetarian pizza

 

Ingredients:

    All purpose flour  1 and 1/2 cup
    Dry yeast   2 and 1/2 tsp
    Warm water  1/2 cup
    Sugar  1/2 tsp
    Salt  1/2 tsp
    Olive oil   1 tblsp
    Grated mozzarella Cheese - 3/4 cup to 1 cup
     Pasta sauce   1/4 cup
     Red chilli flakes   As needed
     Oregano   as needed
      Mixed veggies (for pizza topping)*

*I used onions, green capsicum, red bell peppers and carrots.

Method:

    Add the yeast, sugar and salt in luke warm .
    Let this sit for ten minutes and stir nicely.
    Add yeast Yeast mixture
    In a wide bowl add the flour and make a dent.
    Pour in the  yeast mixture and knead it into a smooth dough. Add oil while kneading. You may need 1-2 tblsp extra water to knead the dough.

flour knead dough
    Cover with a wet damp cloth or with a vessel and keep it aside for an hour.
    The dough must have doubled  in size by this time. Mean while keep the veggies ready.

cover dough Raised dough

    Punch down the dough and roll it on a floured surface.
    With a sharp lid or cookie cutter, cut it down into mini pizzas. If you want to continue with the regular big pizza ,you can skip this step.
    Place the cut pizza base in  a baking tray lined with parchment paper.

    Spread pasta sauce over each slice.
    sprinkle cheese on all slices.Adding cheese at this stage is optional.

spread sauce Spread cheese

    Arrange the veggies on the top. Mix little bit of salt to the veggies.
    Add cheese on the top. Actually i added bit less. As the grated cheese packet which i used was little bit small and i wanted to make it equally distributed for all pizza.
    Sprinkle chilli flakes and oregano to this.

Add veggies Add cheese

    Bake this in a the Oven for 10 to 12 minutes or till the cheese melts at 170 degree C.

    Pizzas are ready for serving.

Note:

    I used carrots, capsicums and onions for toppings. You can use any veggie of your choice. Olives, mushrooms and even only tomatoes and cheese can be used.
    You can replace half cup of all purpose flour with whole wheat flour. Don't make it 3/4 + 3/4. It may be thick and dry.
    Always ensure the water you soak the yeast is luke warm. If it is too hot the yeast will not rise , if it is too cold also it won't raise.