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# Tawa Pizza Recipe
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| **Prep time** | 10 min |
| **Cook time** | 8 min |
| **Total time** | 18 min |
| **Serves** | 2 pizza |
## Ingredients
### for pizza dough:
* ¼ cup curd / yogurt
* 1 tsp sugar
* ½ tsp baking powder
* ¼ tsp baking powder
* ½ tsp salt
* 2 tbsp oil
* 2 cup maida / plain flour
* ¾ cup water
### for topping:
* 4 tsp pizza sauce
* small cubes onion
* few sliced capsicum
* few sliced olives
* 3 slice tomato
* few jalapeno *(chopped)*
* 1 cup mozzarella cheese *(grated)*
* ¼ tsp chilli flakes
* ¼ tsp mixed herbs
* 1 tsp oil
## Instructions
1. place the rolled pizza base into the tawa.
2. further, leaving a cm or more and create a dent. this helps the crust to fluff slightly.
3. then prick with a centre of dough with the help of a fork to prevent pizza base from fluffing up like chapati.
4. spread 4 tsp of pizza sauce uniformly.
5. further top with onion, capsicum, olives, tomato and jalapenos.
6. also, spread 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
7. further, sprinkle ¼ tsp chilli flakes and ¼ tsp mixed herbs.
8. now cover and simmer for 8 minutes or till cheese melts completely.
9. finally, slice the tawa pizza and serve hot.
## Step-by-step
firstly, in a large mixing bowl take ¼ cup and add 1 tsp sugar, ½ tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt and 2 tbsp oil.
mix well until the mixture turns frothy.
further, add 2 cup maida and mix well.
add water as required and knead the dough.
knead to a smooth and soft dough. grease oil and rest the dough for 30 minutes.
knead again slightly making sure the dough is super soft.
pinch a ball sized dough and dust with maida.
roll gently and thinly as possible dusting maida as required.
now, shape to around size fitting into a tawa.
prick using a fork, this helps to prevent from puffing up.
place the rolled pizza base into the tawa.
further, leaving a cm or more and create a dent. this helps the crust to fluff slightly.
then prick with a centre of dough with the help of a fork to prevent pizza base from fluffing up like chapati.
spread 4 tsp of [pizza sauce](/recipes/homemade-pizza-sauce-recipe) uniformly.
further top with onion, capsicum, olives, tomato and jalapenos.
also, spread 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
further, sprinkle ¼ tsp chilli flakes, ¼ tsp mixed herbs and spread 1 tsp oil from sides.
now cover and simmer for 8 minutes or till cheese melts completely.
finally, slice the **tawa pizza** and serve hot.
## Video
## Notes
* firstly, knead the dough well else the pizza base will be chewy.
* also, roll thin else the pizza base will not cook uniformly.
* additionally, top with vegetables of your choice to make it more nutritious.
* finally, **tawa pizza recipe** needs to be cooked on low flame to prevent from burning.
Original recipe by Hebbar's Kitchen: [https://hebbarskitchen.com/tawa-pizza-recipe-veg-pizza-tawa/](https://hebbarskitchen.com/tawa-pizza-recipe-veg-pizza-tawa/)
