Whole wheat and all purpose flour pizza dough

Curious case of pizza dough !!!

Lot of time we just assume that ready is easier and tastier way to go with certain recipes. Well you can buy ready made crust or pizza dough. But making your own dough is not as hard as it seems,Plus if you are trying to save money it is definatly cheaper way to make homemade pizza.And most off all anything involving flour and dough gets kids super exited.  The key is to plan ahead. Then homemade pizza won't seem a big task.  




Why I make my dough ???

Store bought is only all-purpose flour. Which is not so healthy , tasty and easy to roll or strech. 

I genarally use 60-40 ratio for Wholle wheat and all-purpose flour. I once tried only whole wheat flour. Which we didn't like in taste or texture.

                                                 

       Tips :

• I genorally prepare the dough a day before I am planning to make pizza. Since you have to leave the dough to rise for at least an hour it will be much time consuming on the day you are actually planing to make pizza.
• you can even partially back the crust a day before too.
• You can store the dough in the fridge for 3 days and freezer for up to a week.
• Under most conditions Active dry yeast must be first proofed or rehydrated.
• In USA we mostly find small packages of yeast. And most recipes you find is praportiond by 1 package messurment. But if you buy yeast in bottle it is important to store it in freezer to keep it fresh for longer time.
• To proof the yeast water temperature is very important thing. very cold water will not make them active at all and very hot water will kill them.So use lukewarm water around 110 F/ 43 C.
• Yeast need some food to get active. We have to add some sugar. Since I am trying to eliminate sugar as much as possible I add honey.

Ingredients:  

Makes about 2 meduim thin crust

Prep time        :  15 minutes
Cook time        :  10-15 minutes

Dough to rise  : 1 hour 

1 packet(1 1/4 teaspoon) active dry yeast

1 teaspoon sugar or honey

1 cup warm water

1 teaspoon Olive oil

1 1/2  cup All Purpose flour (maida)

1   cup  Whole Wheat flour

3/4 teaspoon salt

Make about 2 meduim thin crust 

This is all you need for the dough .

Let's get our hand dirty.......

1)  Dissolve the packet of yeast and sugar in warm water.Let it sit for 5 minutes.

2)  In a separate bowl mix the flour,oil and salt. 

3)  Mix the water little by little in the flour and make the dough.

Thsi is what your dough will look before

4) Let the dough sit in a oiled bowl (so it won't stick to the bowl once rised) for about an hour to rise.

and after letting it sit for an hour.