How are you all? I hope you are all doing well. Alhamdulillah I am also doing well.
Today I want to share a very tasty and easy homemade pizza recipe with you. I made two pizzas recently. One was a chicken pizza and the other one was a pepperoni pizza. Both were very tasty but today I am sharing my pepperoni pizza recipe with you.
You can also make the same pizza with chicken if you do not have pepperoni. Homemade chicken pizza is also very delicious.
Let’s start with the dough first.
Ingredients for the Dough
For the pizza dough I used
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
About half a cup of lukewarm water
Salt as needed
Half a cup of oil
More water if needed
First take half a cup of lukewarm water. The water should not be too hot. Add 1 teaspoon yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar to the water.
Mix it well and leave it for a few minutes. After some time you will see some foam on top. This means that the yeast is ready to use.
Now take 2 cups of flour in a bowl and add some salt.
Add the yeast mixture to the flour and start kneading the dough. Add a little more water if you need it. Do not add all the water at once because the amount of water can be different depending on the flour.
Knead the dough until it becomes soft.
After kneading the dough for a little while add half a cup of oil. Mix and knead the dough again so the oil is well combined with it.
The dough should be
soft and smooth. Cover the bowl and leave the dough in a warm place until it rises.
The rising time can be different depending on the weather and the temperature of your kitchen. When the dough becomes bigger and looks light and fluffy it is ready.
Now it is time to make our pizza.
For the toppings I used pepperoni, capsicum and onion. If you have olives at home you can also add some olives. They give a very nice taste to the pizza.
You can also add other vegetables according to your choice.
First take the risen dough and place it on your working surface.
Roll it like a paratha into a round shape. You can make the pizza thin or thick according to your preference.
Now place the rolled dough on your pizza tray or baking tray.
Spread some ketchup over the dough. You can also use pizza sauce if you have it at home.
Now add the pepperoni pieces over the sauce.
I recommend grating the cheese before you start making the pizza. This makes the process much easier.
After adding the pepperoni add chopped capsicum and onion.
Now add a generous amount of grated cheese on top.
You can add more or less cheese depending on how cheesy you like your pizza.
At this point our pizza is ready to go into the oven.
Bake the pizza until the cheese melts nicely and the crust becomes golden and cooked from the bottom.
The smell of homemade pizza while it is baking is honestly so good
Once the pizza is ready take it out carefully and let it rest for a few minutes before cutting.
Then cut it into slices and enjoy your homemade pepperoni pizza with your family.
I really enjoyed making this pizza at home. It is simple, delicious and you can easily change the toppings according to what you have available at home.
If you do not like pepperoni you can use cooked chicken instead. You can also add olives, mushrooms, corn or any other vegetables you like.
One more thing I want to share with you. I actually forgot to take a picture of the pizza when it was ready. 😂
I made this pizza for my guests, so when the pizza was ready I served it to them. When I placed it in front of my guests, I suddenly remembered that I had to take a picture for my post. 😅
By that time, almost half of the pizza was already finished! So I quickly took a picture at that moment.
That is why you can see that the pizza in my picture is already half eaten. 😂
I thought I should tell you this because I usually try to take pictures of my recipes before serving them, but this time I completely forgot.
Sometimes when you are busy with guests and serving food, these little things happen. 😄
