Making a pizza without oven, on a tawa or pan is quick and simple. Though it can be made with yeast dough, tawa pizza turns out best when made with dough that has no yeast in it. This no yeast tawa pizza recipe may be helpful to those who do not have oven or do not prefer to eat foods made with yeast either.
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Author: Bhawna Maharshi
Ingredients
For Pizza Dough
3 CupsAll Purpose Flour
1/2tspSalt
1/2tspSugar
2tbspOlive Oil
1/2tspBaking soda
1tspBaking Powder
1tbspLemon Juice / Vinegar
For Pizza Toppings
1MediumRed Bell Pepperchopped in small squares
1MediumYellow Bell Peppercut in small squares
1MediumOnioncut in small squares
GratedMozzarella Cheeseas required
FreshPizza Sauceas required
Dried Oreganoto sprinkle
Salttotaste
Instructions
For Pizza Dough
In a mixing bowl or pan add all purpose flour, salt, sugar, baking soda and baking powder. Mix Well.
Add Olive Oil and Lemon Juice or Vinegar. Mix Well.
Add water in parts. begin to mix and then knead the dough.
Keep on kneading till you get a soft and smooth dough. Add water in parts.
Really knead very well. Knead at least for 10 to 12 minutes.
The dough should become elastic and stretchable. Take a portion and stretch it. The dough should not break.
Rub some olive oil all over the dough and keep covered in a bowl. Leave the dough to rest for 60 minutes.
Again knead the dough lightly before using it. If not using immediately, then cover the dough in an aluminium foil or a keep it covered in a closed container in the fridge.
To make Pizza on Pan / Tawa
Take little oil in a pan and saute all the veggies because in pan or tawa veggies do not get browned or golden.
Take the pizza dough and divide it into 5 equal parts.
Take one part and roll it well between your palms. Flatten and keep on the rolling board. Sprinkle some flour.
With a rolling pin, gently roll to a slightly thin round pizza. Roll to get a 0.3 to 0.5 cm thickness. Sprinkle some more flour if required while rolling.
Heat a pan and brush or spread some olive oil on it.
Now gently place the pizza on the pan.
Keep the flame to a low or sim and cook the pizza.When you see bubbles coming on it and the base has become golden, then flip.
Now quickly spread the pizza sauce on this cooked side of the pizza.Sprinkle grated pizza cheese or mozarella cheese. You can add cheese as required.
Top with sauted veggies. you can use any combination of vegetables.
Cover with a lid and let the veg pizza cook on a low flame or sim.Cook veg pizza till the base becomes golden and crisp and the cheese has melted.
Remove and serve tawa pizza hot or warm with tomato ketchup. You can also sprinkle red chili flakes , oregano on top of the pizza, while serving.
Notes
You can choose veggies of your choice in toppings.
Fresh Basil and Black Olives goes amazing with this.
If baking the veg pizza, then bake in a preheated oven at 200 or 250 degrees celsius till the base is golden and the cheese has melted and browned.