The Best Homemade Pizza Recipe

Homemade Pizza

 Ingredients :

  Pizza Sauce

• fresh tomato - 1/2 kg
• garlic - 6 -7 cloves (5 g )
• onion - 1 small ( 50 g )
• dried basil - 1 tbs
• dried oregano - 1 tsp
• kashmeeri red chilly powder - 2 tsp
• pepper powder - 1/2 tsp
• salt - 1 tsp
• sugar - 1tsp
• olive oil - 1/4 cup

   Pizza Base

• all purpose flour ( maida ) - 400 g (3 cups - 2 tbs )
• salt - 1 tsp
• instant yeast - 1 tsp
• olive oil - 20 ml ( 1 tbs + 1 tsp )
• sugar - 1 tbs ( 15 g )
• warm milk - 1/2 cup ( 125 ml )
• warm water - 160 ml ( 1/2 cup +2 tbs + 1tsp )

  How to make Pizza Sauce

• chop and blend the tomatoes
• heat up olive oil in a pan
• saute finely chopped garlic for 4 seconds
• add onion and saute until translucent
• add tomato puree and cook for 4 minutes
• add chilly powder,oregano,basil,salt,and sugar
• mix well and cook on low flame for 20 - 25 minutes
• turn off the flame and store in an air tight jar when it is completely cool
• you can store this upto 1 week in the refrigerator
• it is better to use the sauce at least after 8 hours of preparation

  How to prepare pizza base

• mix together flour and salt and keep aside
• combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl
• add flour into this and mix well
• the dough will be very sticky at this stage  
• cover the bowl with a cling wrap and allow the dough to rest for 20 minutes
• after 20 minutes you can see that the dough is less sticky because of the gluten formation
• knead the dough fo 6 - 8 minutes, until the dough becomes soft and smooth
• grease the bowl and place the dough in it
• cover the bowl and allow the dough to ferment until double in size ( about 2 hours 0
• then press the dough gently to remove the air out
• divide the dough into 2 or 3 or 4 pieces 
• shape them into balls 
• arrange the dough balls  in a greased tray and allow them to ferment again until double in size  ( 45 minutes )
• now transfer the dough ball onto a lightly floured surface and stretch into a circle of 10 inch diameter
• transfer this into pizza pan and aply some olive oil 
• spread pizza sauce and your favourite topings ( I used sliced onion , capsicum ,carrot,mozarella cheese and cheddar cheese )
• preheat oven at maximum heat for 30 minutes
• bake the pizza at maximum temperature for 10 - 12 minutes
• take out from oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes
• now cut the pizza and enjoy
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

Cinnamon Rolls

 Ingredients for the dough :

• all purpose flour ( maida ) - 300 g ( 2 cups + 2 tbs )
• salt - 3/4 tsp
• milk - 140g (1/2 cup + 1 tbs )
• sugar - 30 g ( 2 tbs )
• soft unsalted butter - 30 g ( 2 tbs )
• instant yeast - 1/2 tsp
• egg - 1

 Ingredients for filling 

• brown sugar - 80 g ( 1/2 cup )
• cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
• butter - 45 g ( 3 tbs )

 Ingredients for cream cheese glace

• butter - 30 g ( 2 tbs ) 
• cream cheese - 60 g ( 1/2 cup )
• powdered sugar - 90 g ( 1/2 cup )
• milk - 1 tbs
• vanilla - 1/2 tsp
• pinch of salt