Pizza

Veggie Pizza

Makes 3 Pizzas

Ingredients

Crust: Makes 3

  • 1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour
  • ¾ th cup of water
  • ¾ th teaspoon rock salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano

Tomato Sauce

  • 6 medium sized tomatoes- deseed and chop.
  • 2 stalks of celery- diced small
  • 1 large bell pepper- color of your choice
  • 1 jalapeno- chopped
  • ¾ th teaspoon rock salt
  • ¾ th teaspoon dried oregano
  • Pinch of asafoetida- optional
  • 1 ½ teaspoons jaggery- replacement for sugar
  • ¼ th cup of water or as needed.

For Cheese

  • ½ cup cashews soaked
  • ½ cup chopped cauliflower- boiled
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon rock salt

Toppings

  • Olives Black- cut
  • Bell Peppers- red, green, yellow- sliced.
  • Vegetables of your choice

Method

  • For Dough- Combine all crust ingredients and knead them into a dough. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
  • For cashew cheese- Blend all cheese ingredients until smooth and keep aside.
  • For crust- Combine all crust ingredients and knead them into a dough. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degree fahrenheit with the empty Pizza tray inside.
  • For Tomato sauce- Add tomatoes into a blender and puree.
  • Heat a pan, add the diced celery and add ¼ th cup of water and cook with the pan covered for 3 minutes.Now add the chopped bell pepper and chopped jalapeno and cook for another 2 minutes.Add the tomato puree, stir and cover the pan and cook for 7-10 minutes on medium heat. Add the oregano, asafoetida and jaggery and cook for another 2 minutes. Switch off the heat and add salt and mix. Keep aside.
  • Divide the dough into 3 portions and roll to make 3 thin crust pizza base. Poke holes with a fork.
  • Transfer the crust to the preheated baking tray and bake for 400 degrees Fahrenheit- without the toppings for 10 minutes. When done, take it out.
  • On each baked crust, spread the tomato sauce and 1 tablespoon of cashew cheese. Add the vegetable toppings. May add dollops of cheese on the top- optional. Bake at 355 degrees fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Cut and serve.

Garden fresh pizza

Makes 3 Pizzas

Ingredients

Crust: Makes 3

  • 1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour
  • ¾ th cup of water
  • ¾ th teaspoon rock salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoon dried oregano

Tomato Sauce

  • 6 medium sized tomatoes- deseed and chop.
  • 2 stalks of celery- diced small
  • ½ a zucchini -diced small
  • 1 large bell pepper- color of your choice
  • 1 jalapeno- chopped
  • ¾ th teaspoon rock salt
  • ¾ th teaspoon dried oregano
  • Pinch of asafoetida- optional
  • 1 ½ teaspoons jaggery- replacement for sugar
  • ¼ th cup of water or as needed.

For Cheese

  • ½ cup cashews soaked
  • ½ cup chopped cauliflower- boiled
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon water
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
  • ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon rock salt

Toppings

  • 1 cup Broccoli chopped, 2 sliced deseeded tomatoes and 1 cup corn.
  • Or Vegetables of your choice
  • Fresh arugula to top at the end before serving.

Method

  • For Dough- Combine all crust ingredients and knead them into a dough. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
  • For cashew cheese- Blend all cheese ingredients until smooth and keep aside.
  • For crust- Combine all crust ingredients and knead them into a dough. Keep aside for 15 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 400 degree fahrenheit with the empty Pizza tray inside.
  • For Tomato sauce- Add tomatoes into a blender and puree.
  • Heat a pan, add the diced celery and add ¼ th cup of water and cook with the pan covered for 3 minutes.Now add the chopped bell pepper and chopped jalapeno and cook for another 2 minutes.Add the tomato puree, stir and cover the pan and cook for 7-10 minutes on medium heat. Add the oregano, asafoetida and jaggery and cook for another 2 minutes. Switch off the heat and add salt and mix. Keep aside.
  • Divide the dough into 3 portions and roll to make 3 thin crust pizza bases. Poke holes with a fork.
  • Transfer the crust to the preheated baking tray and bake for 400 degrees Fahrenheit- without the toppings for 10 minutes. When done, take it out.
  • On each baked crust, spread the tomato sauce and 1 tablespoon of cashew cheese. Add the vegetable toppings. May add dollops of cheese on the top- optional. Bake at 355 degrees fahrenheit for 15 minutes. Top with fresh arugula. Cut and serve.