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100% Whole Wheat Pizza Dough From Scratch

Why not try a whole wheat pizza base from scratch at home with my tips for the perfect pizza dough every single time.

Course brunch, dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American, Italian
Keyword 100% Whole Wheat Pizza Dough From Scratch, atta pizza, pizza at home, pizza from scratch, whole wheat pizza
Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 5 -9 inch pizzas
Author Avin Kohli

Ingredients

For the dough-

  • 3 cup wholewheat flour
  • 1.5 cup lukewarm water
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Instant yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar or honey
  • 1 tsp oil

For pizza toppings-

  • 1/4 cup mixed color peppers
  • 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup sliced baby corn
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced onions
  • Salt & Pepper as per taste
  • Pizza seasoning as per taste
  • 1 pakcket Pizza sauce
  • 400 gm cheese of your choice

Instructions

For the pizza dough-

  1. In a large bowl add yeast, sugar or honey and lukewarm water. Mix and leave it aside for 5-7 mins. It should froth up. If not discard it and start again with new, fresh packet of yeast.

  2. Now add the whole wheat flour and salt. Mix with a work. Mix as much can be mixed easily.

  3. Now put 1 tsp oil on your fingers and start kneading. Bring the dough together and form a soft dough.*see notes.

  4. Now with the rest of 1 tsp oil smear it all over the bowl and the dough.

  5. Cover it with a wet tea towel and leave it aside for 90 mins somehwere warm.

  6. After 90 mins the dough should be doubled. Punch down the dough. Knead once again.

  7. Till the time you are ready to use the dough again keep it covered with a wet towel.

  8. Now divide the dough into 6 equal balls.

  9. Take one ball and with your hands or with the help of a riolling pin flaten to make pizza base.

  10. For a thin crust pizza you need to roll thinly and for a thick crust pizza roll thickly and leave it aside for 15 mins after rolling.

  11. Now once your pizza base is rolled transfer onto a baking sheet that is oiled well.

  12. Top with pizza souce, veggies and cheese(remember less is more).

  13. Bake at 190C for 12-15 mins untill you see the rusts turning brown and the middle cooked well.

  14. The pizza with the cheese will be bubblig hot. Wait for 2-3 mins before having it.

  15. Enjoy homemade wholewheat pizza.

Recipe Notes

Tips for the perfect pizza base at home-

  1. Pizza dough should not be very stiff like an atta dough. It needs to be soft and very loose in order to make a soft and fluffy pizza.
  2. If 1.5 cup water is not enough you can add more water to make a soft dough.
  3. If yeast is not fresh it may not activate. Always use fresh yeast. I like to use Instant yeast as its results are more fool proof than active dry yeast and it does not give that yeast like smell after baking.
  4. Add pizza toppings less. Remember less is more.
  5. Same goes for cheese. Cheese needs to be just enough nut not over. 
  6. For pizza cheese i have used a blend or mozzarella and cheddar.