Pizza Dough and Base Sauce

About Pizza Dough and Base Sauce

Ingredients

• Pizza dough / base
• Refined flour (maida) 6 cups
• Dried yeast (khameer), mixed with 3 tsps sugar + ¼ cup warm water, rested for 15-20 minutes 6 tbsps
• Olive oil 3 tbsps
• Pizza base sauce
• Tomatoes, peeled and chopped 8 cups
• Oil 1 tsp
• Garlic cloves, finely chopped 4
• Medium onions, finely chopped 2
• Sugar 1 tbsp
• Red chilli flakes 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Tomato puree 1 cup
• Fresh basil leaves, finely chopped 2 to 3 tbsps
• Fresh parsley, finely chopped 1 tbsp

How to Make Pizza Dough and Base Sauce (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Take refined flour, yeast and oil in a mixing bowl and mix. Add 2 cups water and knead into a smooth dough. Divide into 3 equal balls, wrap with a moist muslin cloth or cling wrap and refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight.
2. To make base sauce, heat oil in a deep non-stick pan, add garlic and onions and saute for 2-3 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes and saute for 2-3 minutes on high heat.
4. Add sugar, chilli flakes, salt and tomato puree and mix. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, till the mixture reaches sauce consistency.
5. Add basil leaves and parsley and mix.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

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Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps