1. in a mixing bowl take 1 cup warm water [luke warm..hot water will kill the yeast!!]
2.add 2tsp yeast [1tsp per cup of flour], add 2 tsp sugar and salt to taste, mix slightly add 1/4th cup of all purpose flour on top and set aside for 10-15 min..preferably in a warm place.
3. you will notice some froth on the yeast mixture..add 3/4 cup of all purpose flour and 1 cup of wheat flour [you may add entire all purpose flour alone.. but wheat flour is generally considered healthy and easy to digest] add 2 tsp of thick yogurt/curd knead to form a very sft dough. [dough tends to be sticky!] If the dough is tight you may add some water or milk to make it soft.
4. apply some oil on the surface of the dough, cover the bowl with a damp cloth and let it rest in a warm place for a minimum of 1 hr.
5. mean while marinate cubes of paneer, bell pepper, tomato and mushrooms in a mixture of 2tbl spn thick yogurt, 1/2tsp cumin pwder, 1/2 tsp corriander powder, 1/2tsp garam masala powder 1/2tsp crushed kasoori methi , 1/2 tsp chili powder and salt to taste. set aside for 30min
6. chop onions and slightly saute them add the marinated mixture and cook for a while.
7 prepare pizza sauce by blanching tomatoes and removing the skin. puree one peeled tomato and finely chop one more peeled tomato.
8 in a saucepan add smeolive oil [i used normal vegetable canola oil :) but olive oil is preferable] add some chili powder, minced garlic, garam masala and chopped green bell pepper saute for a while.
9 add chopped tomatoes and tomato puree cook on a low flame for almost 20min, get the consistency of sauce to medium thick
10. once the dough is puffed up, punch in a lil to remove uneven air bubbles, knead a bit and set aside for another 10min
11. pre heat the oven to 400F-450F ..mean while on a work space spread some dry flour and roll the dough over it, place the mass of dough over round tava(flat pan) and spread to give the shape of the tava. Slightly heat the tava, with some ghee/butter applied on the dough, on small flame. make sure you just heat the base and slightly cook one side of it [the bottom side] while it is being heated add topings. spread the sauce first, you may mix some store bought tomato ketchup with it. Evenly spread the topings
[if you do not wish the tandoori paneer topping, feel free to add your own.. just raw pieces of onion, bell peppers, bla bla bla..your favs would be just fine]
12. add the greated cheese [i did not cos i already used paneer-lots and was happy with that],spread evenly, sprinkle some olive oil on top [again i used regular oil..big deal!! :)], gently brush some milk on the peripherals of the crust..to enhance rich brown color!
13 the tava can go in the oven if its oven safe along with the pizza.. which acts like pizza stone..else what i did was carefully shift it on a aluminium foil and place it over an inverted baking tray in the oven.
14 in 20 min or whn you notice the melted cheese turning brown at the crust.. you are ready to bring your pizza out of oven..:) let it cool for 10 min and then cut and enjoy munching home baked PIZZA..with all your fav sauce/ketch ups,
if you are interested in thin crust pizza.. thats coming up soon :)
2.add 2tsp yeast [1tsp per cup of flour], add 2 tsp sugar and salt to taste, mix slightly add 1/4th cup of all purpose flour on top and set aside for 10-15 min..preferably in a warm place.
3. you will notice some froth on the yeast mixture..add 3/4 cup of all purpose flour and 1 cup of wheat flour [you may add entire all purpose flour alone.. but wheat flour is generally considered healthy and easy to digest] add 2 tsp of thick yogurt/curd knead to form a very sft dough. [dough tends to be sticky!] If the dough is tight you may add some water or milk to make it soft.
4. apply some oil on the surface of the dough, cover the bowl with a damp cloth and let it rest in a warm place for a minimum of 1 hr.
5. mean while marinate cubes of paneer, bell pepper, tomato and mushrooms in a mixture of 2tbl spn thick yogurt, 1/2tsp cumin pwder, 1/2 tsp corriander powder, 1/2tsp garam masala powder 1/2tsp crushed kasoori methi , 1/2 tsp chili powder and salt to taste. set aside for 30min
6. chop onions and slightly saute them add the marinated mixture and cook for a while.
7 prepare pizza sauce by blanching tomatoes and removing the skin. puree one peeled tomato and finely chop one more peeled tomato.
8 in a saucepan add smeolive oil [i used normal vegetable canola oil :) but olive oil is preferable] add some chili powder, minced garlic, garam masala and chopped green bell pepper saute for a while.
9 add chopped tomatoes and tomato puree cook on a low flame for almost 20min, get the consistency of sauce to medium thick
10. once the dough is puffed up, punch in a lil to remove uneven air bubbles, knead a bit and set aside for another 10min
11. pre heat the oven to 400F-450F ..mean while on a work space spread some dry flour and roll the dough over it, place the mass of dough over round tava(flat pan) and spread to give the shape of the tava. Slightly heat the tava, with some ghee/butter applied on the dough, on small flame. make sure you just heat the base and slightly cook one side of it [the bottom side] while it is being heated add topings. spread the sauce first, you may mix some store bought tomato ketchup with it. Evenly spread the topings
[if you do not wish the tandoori paneer topping, feel free to add your own.. just raw pieces of onion, bell peppers, bla bla bla..your favs would be just fine]
12. add the greated cheese [i did not cos i already used paneer-lots and was happy with that],spread evenly, sprinkle some olive oil on top [again i used regular oil..big deal!! :)], gently brush some milk on the peripherals of the crust..to enhance rich brown color!
13 the tava can go in the oven if its oven safe along with the pizza.. which acts like pizza stone..else what i did was carefully shift it on a aluminium foil and place it over an inverted baking tray in the oven.
14 in 20 min or whn you notice the melted cheese turning brown at the crust.. you are ready to bring your pizza out of oven..:) let it cool for 10 min and then cut and enjoy munching home baked PIZZA..with all your fav sauce/ketch ups,
if you are interested in thin crust pizza.. thats coming up soon :)