Pizza Sauce

Tomatoes flavored with garlic n herbs turned into sauce make's pizza delicious. Taste n color of the sauce entirely depends on the tomatoes. So pick tomatoes that are in red color.

Here is the recipe for sauce,

Source: own

Preparation time:10 mins

Cooking time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Tomatoes: 6 large

Garlic: 1tbsp + 1tsp finely chopped(really small pieces)

Serrano Peppers: 2 finely chopped( u can use any kind of peppers)

Oregano: 1tsp or to taste

Basil:1 tsp or to taste

Sugar:1 tsp

Salt:2 tsp

Olive oil:2tsp

Butter: 2tsp
Pepper: 2tsp

Red color

Snauf/Fennel seeds: 2tsp(optional)

Cooking:

1) In a heavy bottom pan, take water n bring to a boil. Now add tomatoes to boiling water( 2 at a time). Once tomato gives crack or slit , remove it. do the same thing  with remaining  tomatoes.

2) Run them under cool water and peel the skin.

3) Now, chop 3 tomatoes into small pieces. Blend the remaining 3 tomatoes without adding water.(u can use tomato puree too, but fresh one tastes much better. I tried both, but the one with fresh puree tasted so good )

4) Now in a pan, heat oil n butter. Add garlic, and fry for appx 1 min( dnt burn it).Add peppers n fry for appx 1min.

5) Now add chopped tomatoes n stir it. Add tomato puree n stir it again.

6) Now add salt n sugar. cover it n let it boil for 15 mins or until sauce gets little thicker.( check on it in middle, dnt burn it )

7) Add oregano, basil,pepper n cover it for 10 mins. If still there is water in your sauce cover it n cook for another 5-10 mins. Make sure that u dnt burn the sauce and also not to make it too thick.Taste it n if u want to add salt or herbs go ahead n do it.

8) Cool it n apply to pizza crest. 

U can save this up to 2 months by freezing it. Save into  small portions so that u can use them later.

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Vegetable Pizza

Originating in a part of Italian cuisine, the dish has become popular in many different parts of the world. Who doesn't like pizza. It makes everyone(of course irrespective of  age) carve for its melting cheese, yummy veggies, and some meat if u like...
Its too clod for us yesterday, so thought of making some hottiesss. But, i got bored with regular things, so planned to make pizza.
The spice they use to make pizza delicious  is from India,i.e marjoram/maruvam/oregano. Not only jus maruvam, but also, Basil, which come sunder tulasi family.. These two spices makes pizza so delicious. Of course, we gave so much to world to learn , may be this spices are one of thoseee....... sorry two of thoseeeeeeee many things..

Lets come to preparation part:
Source: own + web
Preparation time:30 mins
Waiting time 2 hrs
Cooking time: app.x 12 mins


Ingredients:
All purpose flour/ maida:  3 cups + 1 cup
Active dry yeast: 4tsp
Warm water: 2 cups( not too hot, or else yeast will die)
Sugar: 1/2 tsp
Salt: 1 1/2 tsp
Olive oil: 1/2 cup
Pizza Sauce: 1/2-1 cup check here
Vegetables: Ur wish( i used tomato, bell pepper/capsicum, Serrano peppers, spinach, carrots,  pineapple.)
Mozzarella cheese: For topping appx 1-2 cups
Oregano: to sprinkle
Basil: to sprinkle
Pepper:to sprinkle

Utensils:
Pizza stone/ flat pan/cookie sheet to bake  
Big bowl to mix dough
Small bowl
Neat kitchen towel soaked in hot water

Cooking:
1)  In a small bowl, pour warm water. Dissolve yeast. add sugar, salt ,1cup flour and mix it. keep this in a warm place(best in oven/where u keep yogurt) covered for 10-15 mins.
2) In a large bowl, take flour n knead it by slowly adding  the yeast mixture until dough becomes soft. Don't make it watery or too soft. It must be like naan dough.
3) When dough is ready, pour 5 tsp olive oil n make sure it covers the dough. Jus knead it for 30 secs very gently. Don't be hard on it.  
4)  Cover it with towel.( Squeeze the water from towel, n cover it) Make sure it covers all the sides. put this in a warm place for 1 hr.
5) Now, knead it again for 1min. Cover and rest for another 30 mins.

6) Mean while prepare all your veggies.

7)Apply, oil slightly to pan with brush.
8) Sprinkle flour on surface where u want to roll pizza. Take sufficient amount of dough (Depends on your pan size/ pizza stone size)  and stretch it. Now put this on your pan and stretch it in to your pan shape. Use a fork to put holes on the crust so that it cooks from bottom.( dnt put too many holes, jus randomly poke it, gently).

9) Apply sauce from center to outwards.Don't spread the sauce too much(Jus leave the edges n spread)
10)  Now, layer your veggies evenly. Sprinkle cheese evenly ( form a thick layer). Spread oil about 1-2tsp)
11) Sprinkle oregano, basil, peeper.

12) Pre-heat oven at 400 degrees

13)On medium heat, put the pan on stove for 1-2mins, or until bottom of pan i s hot( if u r using pan,do this. if it is pizza stone u can put it directly)
14)Bake for 15 mins.( u can check whether pizza is done r not by seeing the color of cheese n outer crust. The cheese should be melted n slightly brown).

15) Cool it for 10 mins n enjoy i.......

                                          
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