Easy homemade pizza recipe

Pizza Dough

• 2.5 Cups All purpose flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• ¼ Cup Oil
• 1 tbsp Instant Yeast
• 1 tbsp. Sugar
• 1 Egg ((optional))
• Luke warm Water (as needed)

Pizza Sauce

• 2 Cloves Minced Garlic
• 1 tbsp. Oil
• 1 cup Crushed Tomatoes
• 1/4th tsp Oregano
• 1/4th tsp Thyme
• Salt (To Taste)
• 1/2 tsp Paprika
• 2tbsp Ketchup
• ¼ tsp Chilli powder (optional if you want some heat)

Chicken Fajita

• 250 gm Boneless chicken (Cut into small stripes)
• 1 tsp Garlic powder 1
• Salt (To Taste)
• ½ tsp Black pepper crushed
• ¼ tsp Red chili flakes
• ½ tsp Cumin powder
• ¼ tsp Dried Italian herbs
• 1 tsp Soya sauce 1 tsp
• 2 tsp Chili sauce (use any that’s available)
• 1 tbsp. Lemon juice
• 1 small Onion (cut into slices)
• 1 Green bell pepper (cut into slices)
• 1 tbsp. Oil

For Topping

• 200 gm Pizza Mozzarella (You can increase the quantity if you like it Cheesy.)
• Parmesan Cheese (To sprinkle on top)
• 1 Green Bell Pepper (Cut In cubes)
• 1 Onion (Cut in cubes)
• ½ cup Olives
• Coarse Corn Meal (As needed to roll pizza dough)
• 1 tbsp. Oil
• ½ tsp Dried Italian Herbs
• ½ tsp Dried Oregano

Pizza Dough

1. Mix all the dry ingredient, egg and oil in a large bowl and kneed it with the luke warm water.
2. If using stand mixer then start with lower speed and gradually increase the speed.
3. If using hands then after mixing everything grease your hands with oil and keep kneading using the palm of your hand until the dough gets smooth and bounces back.
4. Now grease the bowl and dough and leave it covered in a warm place for 2-3 hours until it doubles or triples in volume. I usually leave it in my microwave.
5. If you are using normal yeast then dissolve sugar and yeast in half cup of lukewarm water. Let it stand covered for few minutes until risen. Then mix oil and salt in it.
6. Gather the dough to make a ball and then roll it out if you are making one xlarge pizza or divide the dough into two if you’re making two medium sized pizzas.

Pizza Sauce

1. Sauté garlic in oil for few minutes.
2. Add in ketchup.
3. Add the crushed tomatoes and all the seasonings.
4. Cook for few more minutes until the desired consistency is reached.
5. Let it cool.

Chicken Fujita

1. Marinate chicken with all the above ingredients and leave for 15-20 min.
2. Heat oil in s pan and add marinated chicken to it. Keep frying on medium high heat till the chicken changes color and is cooked thoroughly..
3. Chicken won’t take that long to cook . Plz do not overcook chicken as it has to cook more later in the oven or else it will become chewy and hard.
4. Now add onion and capsicum to the chicken and stir fry on high for 10-15 seconds. Just to mix . Vegetables should still be crunchy. Turn off the flame.
5. Chicken fajita filling is ready.

Assembly

1. Preheat oven at 400 degrees F prior to start assembling your pizza.
2. Sprinkle cornmeal on the surface where you need to roll the dough. This will prevent the dough from sticking to the surface.
3. Now transfer the rolled dough to the pizza pan at this point.( It will be much harder to transfer the pizza after topping it)
4. Spread pizza sauce evenly onto the rolled out pizza dough. ( prick the base with a fork prior to spreading sauce)
5. First sprinkle the shredded mozzarella , then add toppings of your choice at the end sprinkle parmesan , oil and dry herbs.
6. Now bake it at 400 degrees for 10-15 min.