Veg pizza recipe – It is very detailed post with start to finish of making pizza from scratch. The sauce and pizza base are made at home very easily.
Thin crust veg pizza
This veg pizza recipe works for both regular crust and thin crust pizza. In this post, I have made thin crust since he loves thin, crispy crust. I have made regular crust as well and it works fine as well. I will share the photo here soon. See below pic for regular crust pizza. So you can make either one as per your family preference. Details are included in the recipe below.
I have made this pizza so many times, as dear husband loves pizza. So this is full proof tried and tested pizza recipe. Please read the recipe carefully and follow the instructions, you will get best pizza ever.
After making this homemade vegetable pizza, I have never ordered pizza for delivery. Homemade one tastes much better since we are using fresh ingredients. You will taste everything fresh in homemade one compare to store bought (as they use frozen things).
Regular crust veg pizza
How to make veg pizza recipe (Step by Step Photos):
Making pizza dough:
1) Take all the dough ingredients (all purpose flour, rapid rise yeast, olive oil, salt and warm water) in food processor with dough attachment. NOTE – I have used rapid rise yeast, so added as such. If you are using active dry yeast then dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water for 10-15 minutes, once it becomes frothy then knead the dough using that water.
2) Make smooth dough. This can be done by hand just like the paratha dough.
3) Grease the large bowl with olive oil, place the dough into a bowl and apply some oil in the surface of the dough as well. Cover it with kitchen towel or plastic wrap. Let it rise in warm place for about 2 hours.
4) Meanwhile prepare topping and make sauce. This is optional but I like to very lightly sauté vegetables in olive oil with some spices. Heat tiny amount of live oil in a skillet or pan, once hot add all the sliced veggies with dried herbs and chili flakes. Saute for few minutes and turn off the stove. Do not cook them completely or till mushy. Please keep them crunchy.
Making pizza sauce:
1) To blanch the tomatoes, make ‘+’ cut at bottom of the tomato. Bring enough water to a boil, add tomatoes into and cook for 2-3 minutes, remove it into cold water, so it stops cooking process.
2) Drain the tomatoes well; you will notice that skin will start to come off.
3) Peel the skin and mash it with hands or use food processor. Or you can puree it. I have kept it chunky because I like my pizza sauce chunky not smooth.
4) Heat the oil in pan on medium heat. Once hot add onions and cook till it becomes translucent.
5) Then add chopped garlic.
6) Cook for 1-2 minutes.
7) Add mashed or pureed tomatoes.
8) Add dried basil, thyme, oregano, salt, pepper, chili flakes. Mix well. NOTE: You can use fresh herbs as well instead, if using fresh increase the quantity. Instead you can use dried mixed Italian herbs as well.
9) Let it cook for 20-25 minutes. If there are big chunk of tomatoes them mash after it becomes soft.
10) After 25 minutes it will look like this (thick, not watery), turn off the stove.
Assembling and baking veg pizza recipe:
1) Now we have veg topping and pizza sauce is ready, let’s start making the pizza. Preheat the oven to 450-500 degree F for at least 15-20 minutes. Lightly sprinkle some semolina or cornmeal on the pizza pan and keep it aside.
2) After 2 hours of rising, dough will look like this, it will double up in size.
3) Punch it down and divide it into three equal smooth balls.
4) Take a dough ball onto floured surface.
5) Roll into 8-9 inch diameter circle for thin crust pizza or 6 inch diameter circle for regular crust pizza.
6) Place the rolled dough onto prepared pan.
7) Spread pizza sauce.
8) Top it with topping.
9) Sprinkle cheese on top.
Thin crust pizza
Regular crust pizza
10) Bake into preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. NOTE- to make it crispy crust; bake first 10 minutes on middle rack and last 5-8 minutes at the bottom surface of the oven.
11) Remove it from the oven. Slice and serve.
Bake for few minutes longer (about 20-22 minutes total) for regular crust. For regular crust you can follow this Whole wheat pizza baking methond and time. In that recipe, I baked the crust first then removed from the oven, spread sauce, topping and cheese. Again baked into the oven till cheese is melted. You can choose any method.
Regular crust pizza
Serving suggestion: Enjoy this as a meal. Have fruit juice on side instead of fizzy drinks.
Veg pizza recipe (Vegetarian pizza recipe)
Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)
For pizza dough:
- 3 cups All purpose flour (Maida)
- 1 packet or 2 ¼ teaspoons Instant dry yeast or Active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- 1 cup Water Lukewarm
- Salt to taste
For pizza sauce:
- 6-7 medium Tomato
- 2 tablespoons Olive oil
- ¼ cup Onion finely chopped
- 2-3 cloves Garlic finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Dried basil 2 tablespoons fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon Dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon Dried oregano (instead all three dry spices, you can use mix Italian herbs)
- ½ teaspoon Red chilli flakes or to taste
- Black pepper powder to taste
- Salt to taste
For toppings:
- 1 small Onion sliced
- ½ small Capsicum (Green bell pepper) sliced
- ½ small Red pepper sliced
- 2 Jalapenos sliced
- Black Olives as required
- 2 cups Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Making pizza dough:
- Take all the dough ingredients in food processor with dough attachment.
- NOTE - I have used rapid rise yeast, so added as such. If you are using active dry yeast then dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water for 10-15 minutes, once it becomes frothy then knead the dough using that water.
- Make smooth dough. This can be done by hand just like the paratha dough.
- Grease the large bowl with olive oil, place the dough into a bowl and apply some oil in the surface of the dough as well. Cover it with kitchen towel or plastic wrap. Let it rise in warm place for about 2 hours.
Prepping the topping:
- Heat tiny amount of live oil in a skillet or pan, once hot add all the sliced veggies with dried herbs and chili flakes.
- Saute for few minutes and turn off the stove.
- Do not cook them completely or till mushy. Please keep them crunchy.
Making pizza sauce:
- To blanch the tomatoes, make '+' cut at bottom of the tomato. Bring enough water to a boil, add tomatoes into and cook for 2-3 minutes, remove it into cold water, so it stops cooking process.
- Drain the tomatoes well; you will notice that skin will start to come off.
- Peel the skin and mash it with hands or use food processor. Or you can puree it. I have kept it chunky because I like my pizza sauce chunky not smooth.
- Heat the oil in pan on medium heat.
- Once hot add onions and cook till it becomes translucent.
- Then add chopped garlic. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add mashed or pureed tomatoes.
- Add dried basil, thyme, oregano, salt, pepper, chili flakes. Mix well.
- Let it cook for 20-25 minutes. If there are big chunk of tomatoes them mash after it becomes soft.
- After 25 minutes it will be thick not watery, that time turn off the stove.
Assembling and baking veg pizza:
- Now we have veg topping and pizza sauce is ready, let's start making the pizza. Preheat the oven to 450-500 degree F for at least 15-20 minutes. Lightly sprinkle some semolina or cornmeal on the pizza pan and keep it aside.
- After 2 hours of rising, dough will look like this, it will double up in size.
- Punch it down and divide it into three equal smooth balls.
- Take a dough ball onto floured surface.
- Roll into 8-9 inch diameter circle for thin crust pizza or 6 inch diameter circle for regular crust pizza.
- Place the rolled dough onto prepared pan.
- Spread pizza sauce.
- Top it with topping.
- Sprinkle cheese on top.
- Bake into preheated oven for 15-18 minutes. Bake for few minutes longer for regular crust. NOTE- to make it crispy crust; bake first 10 minutes on middle rack and last 5-8 minutes at the bottom surface of the oven.
- Remove it from the oven. Slice and serve.
Hi, can we make the dough and use it during the next few days ? If so, how long will it be fresh or can be used.
It stays good for 2 days in refrigerator.
Hi – this looks amazing! will try it this week! While baking in the OTG, heat should come only from the lower rod right? The top one should not be turned on?
Not sure. Every oven is different. I never used OTG since I am using gas oven ranges from beginning.
For making pizza, cakes, cookies, bread etc oven should be on Baking mode.
Read the oven manual.
Very easy and yummy receipe , i will try it for my son
Hope he likes it
Plz tell how to make pizzas without yeast
Don’t know. I have never made it.
I have added in my to do list. Will try it and see if I get success or not.
Hi.. I am going to make this tonight.. Really excited. I want to know what spices to add when we saute vegetables? I tried your Punjabi chole recipe and it turned out really good.. Thanks
I have used mixed Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes. You can use dried oregano or dried basil or dried thyme.
Hai Ķanan,
For the first time I made pizza at my home. It’s very delicious. My daughters were very much like the pizza.
Thank you very much for giving veggie pizza.
Glad to know that you all liked this pizza. Thanks for the positive review
I had prepared Pizza using your recipe and it was simply amazing. Thanks for sharing this and many others.
good to know that you liked pizza. Thank you for the positive review.
Wonderful you are
Explain some time ,about pan pizzas.
sure, will do
Can i use microwave instead of conventional oven
If your microwave has convection or baking mode than YES you can use that.
But if it is only microwave oven, you cannot bake pizza in that
hi..I m looking forward to try this recipe. I want to knoe that is it psbl to store the sauce or I have to make it fresh every time ?If yes then should I follow the same recipe or add smthing so that it survives in the refridgetator?
Yes you can store the sauce in refrigerator for 2-3 days. Shelf life depends on the climate where you live. Here in USA, it is not that warm. So It stays good for 4-5 days.
For longer shelf life you can freeze it for a month. No need to add anything.
Hi,
I had always wanted to try making pizza at home and tried this recipe today. I am so happy it came out so well and did everything from scratch . Made a veg pizza and tandoori paneer ( made paneer at home).
Super excited… Thanks a ton for this recipe!
Awesome and good efforts. Nice to hear that the result was good.
Hi i made this pizza its coming out very perfect i like the way u r explaining . M tried ur lots of recipes and all come out very good. I have one request to u can u share the recipe of pizza cupcake and eggless cake pop.
Glad to hear that pizza and other recipes came out good. I have added the recipes in my to do list.
I would like to try this recipe on tawa but what happens is (i use readymade pizza base) the bottom of the pizza base becomes crisp before the cheese melts on top. I cook on low heat only.What do i do to avoid this? I have milton’s OTG in which I don’t know what temp to use for pizza. The booklet doesn’t help either.Thanks
To make pizza on stove top with ready made pizza base: 1) Always use pan with little high sides (like I used to make this capsicum curry) This way pizza will get heat from all the sides. 2) Make sure the sauce is warm and veggies are partially cooked (like I did in above recipe). 3) First heat the pan on medium heat. Put the pizza base and let it get warm up. Lower the heat to “LOW”, spread sauce, topping and cheese. Cover the pan with lid and cook on low for 2-3 minutes or till cheese it melted. Once cheese it melted and still base is not crispy then cook without covering till you get desire crispness.
For OTG oven: There should be pre-heat mode and temperature knob. Pre-heat the oven at mentioned temp for the recipe. There are always two rods in OTG. For baking only bottom rod gets heat up. For broiling, top rod heats up. For toasting, both rods heat up.
Love all your recipes and the explanation you provide. Thanks a lot.
Glad to hear that you like the recipes.
Hi Kanan
Is it better to use a conventional oven or microwave oven?
I m a big fan of ur recipes!!! Keep up the good work dear 🙂
Thanks you Swati. Please use conventional oven for baking. Microwave oven is not for baking pizza, cake, cookies, it if only for reheating and cooking purpose.
Hi Kanan.. I made pizza last night.. I can’t believe it turned out really good .. I didn’t get to make the sauce but next weekend I will be making it again and I will make the sauce as well.. I had to add more water like half a cup to it .. I live in Nevada it’s really dry here I always end up using more water then the recipe calls for .. Even when I make rice here the ratio is 1-2 it’s 1-2.5 .. Oh and also made the banana muffins turned out great .. Thanks for all your recipes 🙂
May I ask you a favor.. There are two things I can’t find a good eggless recipe for .. Double chocolate chip muffins and white chip macadamia nut cookies are those two on your list to try?? Or will you post the recipes if you have it already please..
very glad to know that pizza and muffin came out good. 🙂
I do make double chocolate chip muffins sometime but never shoot the photos to post here, I will make it next weekend and post it here. I will add white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies in my to do list.
we always make WW , try it and you will never go back to AP flour one.
wow, I will sure try with WW.
Excellent recipe and great presentation. You should try submitting your food photographs to Food Gawker or some professional sites,they are amazingly done.
Thanks for your nice words, Anjana.
Love pizzas and love this recipe 🙂
Thank you Praveen.