Thin Crust Pizza Base @ Home

I had been tempted to try this one for a while now.... Thin crust pizza have been quite popular in India lately... and my hands had been itching to try and recreate it at home.

Super healthy and easy to make. Its less doughy and more toppings... I prefer it that way!

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

For the base:

3 cups Wheat Flour

1/4 tsp Salt

3-4 tbsp Vegetable Oil/ Olive Oil

Luke warm water

Method:

• Take a mixing bowl, mix the flour and salt with a spoon.
• Add oil and mix all the contents with your hands properly, the mixture should feel grainy.
• Next we add the water and work up a nice dough, key is to keep adding water in small amounts to make sure the dough is nice and soft.

• Divide the dough into parts depending on size of pizza you want to bake (Make equal portions)
• Cover dough to avoid drying out 

• Dust the surface with wheat flour where you want to roll out the dough, first take one portion of dough, flatten using palm and thumbs making a small disk, dust it nicely with dry flour and use a rolling pin to roll it out, make it as thin as a 'Roti', in the end lightly press your fingers along the base making the surface a bit uneven

• You can either cook it in an Oven or an Electric Tandoor, if oven then preheat Oven at 220 degree Celsius 

For Oven

• Nicely oil the baking dish and place the pizza base

• Slather the pizza sauce - click here for recipe http://somya-patra.blogspot.in/2011/12/pizza-base-sauce.html
• Add the toppings as per your liking and bake the dish for 15-20 mins until its done (First one normally takes 20mins, after that 15mins should do the magic :P)
• Don't forget to keep checking the base on regular intervals to avoid excess burning

For Electric Tandoor

• Grease the baking tray and place the pizza base in center. Spread the pizza sauce, grated cheese and finish with your favorite toppings.
• Pre-heat the Tandoor for 2 mins, cooking time varies from 5-6mins depending on heat.
• Since the tandoor doesn't have a temperature controller, I always moderate it by switching it off and checking the crust. Once the cheese is melted and gooey and the crust is golden, take out using a big Spatula.

I prefer to cook using a tandoor as its quick and gives a nice burnt flavour which is hard to get in an OTG.

Foodie Out!!