Veg wheat pizza, No oil

This is healthful and wholesome wheat pizza for you. Made from scratch...from the pizza base to the tomato sauce to the toppings; all prepared and baked sans oil.

The elements....

For the dough,

Wheat flour - 2 cups

Salt - 1 tsp

Yeast - 1/2 tsp

Date sugar - 1/2 tsp

Water, warm - 1/4 cup

For the sauce,

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp

Onion - 2

Ginger - 1/2 inch

Garlic - 3 cloves

Green chili - 2

Tomato - 3

Yeast flakes - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Pepper - 1/4 tsp

Italian seasoning - 1/4 tsp

Garam masala - 1/2 tsp

Water - 2 Tbsp

For the topping,

Bell pepper, yellow - 1

Bell pepper, green - 1

Cabbage - 1 cup

Beans, haricot - 7 or 8

Water - 2 Tbsp

Salt - 1/4 tsp

Pepper - 1/4 tsp

Italian seasoning - 1/4 tsp

Mozarella cheese - 4 thin slices

The modus operandi...

Prepare the dough ahead first. In a small bowl, put in yeast and date sugar. Add some lukewarm water. The yeast will become active and bubbles will form on the surface in about 10 minutes.

In a larger bowl, sieve flour. Throw in salt and mix. Add the yeast mixture into the flour and knead. Add rest of the water little by little, until all the flour is incorporated and a stiff ball of dough is formed. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let it rest for 1 to 2 hours.

After the resting time, it will expand and rise a little. Divide into 8 or 9 equal sized balls and cover with towel.

To assemble the sauce, slice onion, ginger, garlic and chili into small pieces. Heat a deep-bottomed steel pan and fling in cumin seeds. Once the seeds are toasted, throw in onion, ginger, garlic, chili and a splash of water. Cook on slow flame for 5 to 10 minutes or until the onions start to soften. Include salt, pepper, yeast flakes and garam masala. Give the fusion a good stir. Cast in roughly chopped tomato and mix well for a few minutes. Turn off heat and set aside to cool. Grind to a rough paste. Your pizza sauce is ready.

Deseed the bell peppers and trim the ends of the beans. Chop bell peppers and cabbage into 1 inch strips. Cut beans into smaller pieces. Microwave the beans with a little water for 2 minutes. This is done because the beans require more cooking time than bell peppers and cabbage.

Heat the pan, add in the chopped vegetables and a splash of water. Include salt, pepper and Italian seasoning. Cook until the water dries up and the vegetables soften but are yet a little crunchy.

Back to the dough :-) Take one of the balls and flatten it gently with your hand, making it thin by pushing outward with your fingers. Poke with a fork in different places.

Preheat oven to 200C. Set the timer for 15 minutes. Bake the flattened dough for 5 minutes. Take it out of oven, spread a layer of assembled pizza sauce, then a layer of the vegetables, topping it off with cheese.