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    How to Make Pizza Base at Home

    Last Updated On: Apr 8, 2025 by Aarthi

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    How to Make Pizza Base at Home with step by step pictures. Pizza dough is the foundation and every great pizza begins with a great pizza crust. This recipe produces a soft homemade pizza crust.

    How to Make Pizza Base at Home

    I used buy pizza base from shops and keep that in fridge. Whenever i need to make a quick dinner or want to fix some urgent hunger pangs, i spread tomato sauce, and i put whatever veggies or toppings i get on hand, sprinkle over lots of cheese and pop this in microwave for a min. Thats it i have a delicious cheesy pizza on hand in few mins..


    FIRST CHECK OUT MY 
    NO FAIL BASIC PIZZA DOUGH 

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    Ingredients for Pizza Base

    • All Purpose flour / Maida -2 cup + more as needed
    • Dry Yeast - 1.5 tsp
    • Sugar - 1 tbsp
    • Salt to taste
    • Warm Water-1 cup or as needed
    • Olive oil-1 tbsp
    But later i came to know that making pizza base at home is not that difficult at all. All you need is your basic pizza dough and you can make a whole batch of pizza base right in your kitchen. I made this pizza base from my basic no fail pizza dough recipe and made two kinds of pizza using this, a egg pizza which i will posting next and a olive cheese pizza, which i will be sharing soon. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

    How to Make Pizza Base

    1. Take flour in a bowl and mix salt with it.
    2. Mix yeast,sugar with warm water and set it aside for 5 min or till it foam up.
    3. Add the yeast water with the flour mixture and make a soft dough
    4. Apply oil all over it generously and cover it..
    5. Cover it with a damp cloth and Set this aside in a warm place till it doubles in size( for about 1 hour).
    6. When it doubles,knock out the air and knead the dough for 3 min. Add extra flour if you need
    7. Now divide the dough into equal portions.
    8. Take one portion and roll it into pretty thick rounds. Prick it with a fork all over.
    9. Now put this in a pan and put it on low heat, cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 2 mins. Now flip over and cook for a min or so.
    10. Remove and let it cool down.
    11. Once it is cooled, you can store this in fridge for a week.
     
     

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    How to Make Pizza Base at Home

    How to Make Pizza Base at Home with step by step pictures. Pizza dough is the foundation and every great pizza begins with a great pizza crust. This recipe produces a soft homemade pizza crust.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 3 minutes minutes
    resting time: 1 hour hour
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 13 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6 base
    Calories: 38kcal

    Ingredients

    • 2 cup + more as needed All Purpose flour / Maida
    • 1.5 tsp Dry Yeast
    • 1 tbsp Sugar
    • Salt to taste
    • 1 cup or as needed Warm Water
    • 1 tbsp Olive oil

    Instructions

    • Take flour in a bowl and mix salt with it.
    • Mix yeast,sugar with warm water and set it aside for 5 min or till it foam up.
    • Add the yeast water with the flour mixture and make a soft dough
    • Apply oil all over it generously and cover it..
    • Cover it with a damp cloth and Set this aside in a warm place till it doubles in size( for about 1 hour).
    • When it doubles,knock out the air and knead the dough for 3 min. Add extra flour if you need
    • Now divide the dough into equal portions.
    • Take one portion and roll it into pretty thick rounds. Prick it with a fork all over.
    • Now put this in a pan and put it on low heat, cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 2 mins. Now flip over and cook for a min or so.
    • Remove and let it cool down.
    • Once it is cooled, you can store this in fridge for a week.

    Notes

    1)The dough which you make should be very soft and slightly sticky before the first rise, once it is risen then add more more and knead to a soft dough. This ensures that the pizza base stays soft
    2)You can cook the base in a low heat so it cooks right into the center.
    3)You can store this in fridge for a week and freeze them for more than a month.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 38kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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    How to Make Pizza Base at Home Step by Step 

    Take yeast in a bowl
    add sugar
    now lets activate the yeast
    Pour warm water  over it
    let it sit for 5 mins
    add flour over this
    season with salt
    mix well
    Now it is all combined...

     

    At this point the dough will be very soft and slightly sticky..This sticky dough will gives the best pizza base
    add little oil over this, to prevent the dough forming a skin
    knead well..
    cover with a plastic wrap
    And set aside till it is doubled in size
    Look how beautifully it has risen
    So puffy
    Knock back the air down
    I forgot to take pictures of knocking the dough..
    so when i made a second batch i too these pictures,
     hence different bowl..You can add more flour and knead it to
    soft dough
    This is how it looks once you have knocked the air out
    Now you can use this 
    Take a small portion from dough
    Shape it into a smooth ball
    now roll this into thick rounds
    i used a small bowl of make perfect rounds
     
    use a fork to prick all over the base
    like this
    now take a pan, nonstick is good
    it should have a lid as well
    put the base in it
    cover it and put it on pretty low heat
    this is how it looks after 2 mins
    flip over and cook for further 1 min
    the flame should be low..this is how it looks
    now you can use this in your recipes..
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    Comments

    1. Anonymous

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      Can u tell me difference between dry yeast & instant yeast...also the quantity to be used

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    2. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousinstant yeast, you dont have to activate it, you can straightaway add it to the dough and also you dont have to prooof it two times in bread.

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      • MeeRa

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        What is active dry yeast thenn.. they r in minute balls size.. do i have to activate then or directly add it

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    3. rachana chaudhary

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      Is there any other option means we can use anything instead of yeast....yeast in not available here in market....

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    4. Anonymous

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      Is there any alternative for yeast???

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    5. Anonymous

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      I dont understand what you meant by "you dont have to prooof it two times in bread". Kindly explain Aarthi

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    6. Aarthi

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      @MeeRaI hope this link will help you
      http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-instant-a-54252

      Reply
    7. Aarthi

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      @rachana chaudharyno sub for yeast in this

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    8. Aarthi

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      @Anonymous
      Chec this link
      http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-instant-a-54252

      Reply
    9. Anonymous

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      Can we make it one. Big. Pizza !!!

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    10. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes u can make one big pizza

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    11. Peramana Supraja

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      I love your blog. I never fail in your recipes. Can I store these bases. If can how many days I can... thanks in advance for your kind reply. God bless you always with everything you wish.

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    12. Aarthi

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      @Peramana Suprajaucan keep this in fridge for 3 days, and over a month in freezer

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    13. Sunshine

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      Dear Aarthi,

      Thanks alot for another mouth watering recipe 🙂 I tried it last evening and it was awesome. I have couple of queries-
      1. The pizza base had smell of yeast which was over-powering. When I had allowed the dough to rise, it covered my entire big bowl. It did rise more than double. Should I reduce the dose of yeast.

      2. Also, can I use dry yeast as a rising agent in my rava idlis and uttapams batter.

      Thanks

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    14. Aarthi

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      @Sunshineyes u have added too much yeast. NO u cannot use yeast as rising agent in uthappam or idlies.

      Reply
    15. Rayz

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      Wow! This is easy to prepare. I can't wait to try this out! Thank you for sharing!

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    16. ilpulcinella

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      Super convenient and user-friendly! Very professional, well-organized, and smooth to browse. Impressive work. Everything I needed in one place! — highly recommend!

      Reply
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