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Basic Pizza Base

You can make pizza base at home very easily – just follow this recipe. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Basic Pizza Base

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Main Ingredients Refined flour (maida), Fresh yeast
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Easy
Others Veg

Ingredients list for Basic Pizza Base

  • + for dusting Refined flour (maida) 1½ cups
  • 20 grams Fresh yeast
  • 1 teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Oil

Method

  1. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water to yeast and heat for 10 seconds in a microwave. Remove from oven and mix well.
  2. Put flour, sugar, salt and yeast in a bowl. Add sufficient water and knead into a soft dough.
  3. Add oil and knead again. Cover with a wet muslin cloth and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle little flour on the worktop. Take a portion of the dough and roll out into a medium disc dusting with flour. You can also spread the portion into the disc with your hands. Prick the surface of the disc with a fork. Similarly make the remaining pizza bases.
  5. Grease a baking tray with oil.
  6. Place pizza bases on the greased baking tray, cover with a wet muslin cloth and set aside for 10-15 minutes.
  7. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  8. Remove the muslin cloth, place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 10-15 minutes.
  9. Remove from heat and use the pizza base as required.