"Lockdown pizza recipe... "

Ingredients:

For pizza sauce:

Tomatoes 2 slices

Oil 2 tsp

Chilli flakes 1tsp

Oregano 1/2 tsp

Salt 

Sugar 1 tsp

Tomato ketchup 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp

For pizza dough/crust:

Maida 1 and a half cup

Baking powder 1/3 tsp

Baking soda 1pinch

Salt 1/3 tsp

Sugar 1/2 tsp

Curd 2 table spoons

Oil 2 tsp

For topping:

Sliced capsicum 1 small

Onion 1 small chopped thickly

Mozeralla cheese

Or cheese slices 2 

Method:

1. Take a bowl, add curd, oil, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar. Mix well. 

2. Add maida and knead into a smooth dough. If water is required add in small amounts. Apply some oil and cover with a damp cloth. Rest for 30 minutes at room temperature. 

3. Take a pan add oil, ginger garlic paste, chiil flakes and oregano. Fry for 1 minute. 

4. Add sliced tomatoes and salt. Simmer for 8-10 minutes. Mash the tomatoes with a spoon and add sugar. 

5. Let this mixture cool and grind into a coarse paste. Add tomato ketchup and mix. Pizza sauce is ready. 

6. Take the dough and knead slightly and roll into a round shape. 

7. Use a fork to poke holes over this dough. 

9. Put this crust dough on an oiled flat bottomed pan and pinch and raise the edges of this dough with fingers. 

10. Apply the freshly prepared pizza sauce evenly and add onions and capsicums and sprinkle mozeralla cheese all over (You can also use cheese slices if mozeralla cheese is not available) 

11. Put the pan on gas and cover the pan with lid, bake on low flame for 10 minutes. Check with the help of fork if crust is cooked after 10 minutes. 

12. Pizza is ready. Sprinkle with chilli flakes and oregano. 

( as I did not have mozeralla cheese I used cheese slices and I baked the pizza in a patila as I did not have a flat bottomed tawa available)