Pizza Recipe | Homemade Vegetarian Pizza

Whole round Pizza on a wooden pizza plate with a cut triangular slice on left top side

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Pizza Recipe | Homemade Vegetarian Pizza

Treat yourself to the best homemade Pizza recipe that’s completely customizable to your tastes. Plan your next pizza party using my foolproof recipe for making perfect Veg Pizza from scratch every time!

Prep Time1 15

Cook Time15

Total Time1 30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian, World

Diet: Vegetarian

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Servings: medium-sized pizza

Calories: 271kcal

Author: Dassana Amit

Ingredients

For pizza crust

3 to 3.25 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour (unbleached), 375 grams
½ teaspoon sugar
1 cup warm water or add as required
1.5 teaspoons instant yeast 4 to 5 grams or 2 teaspoons dry active yeast
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon salt or add as required
1 to 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil for brushing dough
semolina or cornmeal (makki ka atta) or all-purpose flour for sprinkling on pan

For pizza sauce

5 to 6 medium tomatoes - 500 grams
2 teaspoons minced garlic or 8 to 10 small to medium garlic cloves, 5 grams peeled garlic
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
¼ cup chopped basil or 3 to 4 teaspoons dried basil
2 teaspoons dried oregano or 2 tablespoons fresh oregano
freshly crushed black pepper or ground black pepper, as required
salt as required

Toppings (Include Any)

1 onion sliced or cut in cubes
1 capsicum (bell pepper), sliced or cubed
1 tomato chopped or sliced - optional
10 to 12 pitted green olives sliced, optional
10 to 12 pitted black olives sliced, optional
½ cup steamed sweet corn kernels or canned corn kernels
⅓ cup sliced baby corn - optional
⅓ to ½ cup sautéed kale - optional
⅓ cup sautéed spinach - optional
⅓ to ½ cup cauliflower, fennel, brussel sprouts, cabbage (steamed, roasted or sautéed)
½ to 1 cup sautéed button mushrooms - optional
⅓ to ½ cup broccoli or french beans (blanched or sautéed) - optional
Italian seasoning - as required
mozzarella cheese or pizza cheese, as required
parmesan cheese (vegetarian), as required
red chili flakes - as required

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Instructions

Making pizza dough

In a large mixing bowl take the instant yeast, sugar and lukewarm water.
Stir and let the mixture sit at room temperature for 10 to 15 mins till it becomes frothy,
Add one cup flour, salt, olive oil to the frothy yeast mixture.
Mix well. Add another cup of flour and mix again. The mixture becomes sticky.
Add the last cup of flour and continue to stir.
Knead the dough into a smooth, springy ball. Apply some olive oil all over the dough.
Cover loosely and keep in a large bowl at room temperature for 45 minutes to 1 hour.
The dough will double up and nicely leaven.

Making pizza sauce

Crush or make a smooth puree of the tomatoes in a blender.
Heat olive oil. Fry the minced garlic for some seconds. Add the tomato puree. Mix and let cook uncovered for 5 minutes.
Season with salt and mix. Cover and simmer the tomato sauce on low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have softened.
If the sauce looks too thick you can add ¼ cup water. Then cover and continue to cook.
Add the herbs and crushed black pepper. Mix well.

Assembling and baking veg pizza

Preheat your oven at 230 degrees Celsius (450 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 minutes.
Use both the top and bottom heating elements of the oven for an evenly baked pizza.
Cut the dough in 3 or 4 equal parts. Flatten the dough to a disk. On a lightly floured surface roll the dough having ⅛ to ¼ inch thickness.
Place the dough onto a greased and dusted pan.
Brush some olive oil on the pizza base. Spread the tomato sauce on the pizza.
Top shredded mozzarella cheese and veggies.
Sprinkle some grated parmesan cheese.
Keep the tray near or close to the bottom heating element of your oven.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius (450 degrees Fahrenheit) until the base becomes golden brown and the cheese on top melts.
Wait for a minute or two and serve veggie pizza while still hot.

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Notes

You could use a 1:1 proportion of whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour to make the pizza crust.
Feel free to add your choice of veggies. While onions and bell peppers (capsicum), tomato, can be used raw, you will need to roast, steam, boil or sauté other veggies like sweet corn, potato, spinach, zucchini, eggplants accordingly.
If including a lot of mushrooms, sauté them in some olive oil until light golden before topping them on the pizza.
For a vegan option, opt to use a plant-based non-dairy cheese.

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