Basic Pizza Dough

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Basic Pizza Dough

Pizza dough Ingredients

1 cup All purpose flour(maida)
1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1/2 tea spn sugar
1/2 tea spn salt
1 tsp oil
Water about 1/4 cup

Method

1.In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast on the warm water, and stir to dissolve it. Set aside until the yeast starts forming bubbles in about 5 minutes.
2.Now add salt and sugar to the yeast water.
3.Pour the flour into a large bowl and add the above mixer, oil and mix well like a chapathi dough.
4.Transfer the dough into the bowl.Cover the bowl with a kitchen cloth, and set the bowl aside for approximately 1½ – 2 hours until the dough doubles in volume. The time required for rising will depend on the strength of the yeast and the temperature of the room.
5.On the work surface, using a rolling pin and your hands, shape dough into a thin round layer.
6.Now tranfer the shapped dough to the pizza pan.(i used silver foil to make pizza)
7.Now pizza is ready to recieve the topping i.e Pizza Sauce and vegetables of your choice(I used tomato and Broccoli).
8.Sprinkle the cheese on top of the pizza sauce, vegetables.
9.Bake the pizza in the regular oven in 400F for about 25 - 30 mintues.