Stovetop pizza using skillet, or you can also make this recipe on tawa. No over or OTG? No worries, you can make it pizza on tawa.
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Ever since I bought cast iron skillet in Tokyu Hands here in Singapore, I wanted to make pizza in it. Can use this skillet and bake in oven too, but many of my readers keep asking me how to make pizza on tawa over stovetop.
Today thought of making pizza on stove top using tawa/ skillet. I have used the same basic pizza dough I always use, so I have copy pasted the ingredients and initial steps.
But I used a portion of wheat flour (atta) this time. I also used butter instead of oil to suppress yeast smell. So if you don’t own a oven and want to enjoy homemade pizza, you can try this simple method.
For this stove top pizza, cast iron skillet or atleast our iron tawa or something that is heavy, layered bottom for best crispy and golden crust. Also using butter or oil generously for greasing gives perfectly golden crisp crust with an amazing flavor!
Recipe card
Stovetop pizza | Tawa pizza
Ingredients
For dough
- 1.5 cups All purpose flour Maida
- 1 tsp Instant Yeast *refer notes for active dry yeast
- ¼ cup Milk
- ¼ cup Water approx.
- ⅛ cup Oil or melt butter
- ¾ tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Sugar
For topping
- ¾ cup Pizza cheese/ Mozzarella grated
- ½ Onion
- ½ Tomato
- ½ Capsicum
- 1 Red ripe chilli Bird’s eye chilli Optional
- 4 tbsp Pasta sauce Pizza sauce
- 1 tsp Butter or oil
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix flour, salt and yeast.1.5 cups All purpose flour, ¾ tsp Salt, 1 tsp Instant Yeast
- Mix milk and water and heat it just luke warm.¼ cup Milk, ¼ cup Water
- Dissolve sugar in it. Now add this milk and oil/ butter to the flour and mix.2 tsp Sugar, ⅛ cup Oil or melt butter
- Make a smooth dough. Knead for 5 minutes.
- Keep aside covered with a cling wrap. Preferably in a warm place. I keep inside the oven with oven light ON.
- After an hour or 1 & ½ hour, the dough would have doubled and risen.
- Punch it down and divide into two. Dust well and roll each ball into thick discs.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add butter/ oil and fry the toppings. I skipped sauteeing tomato. Collect the toppings.½ Onion, 1 tsp Butter or oil, ½ Capsicum
- Carefully place the rolled pizza base in the pan. The heat should be low. Flip after a minute.
- Prick in few places, spread pizza/ pasta sauce, leaving the sides. Spread the toppings and sprinkle cheese over it.½ Onion, ½ Tomato, ½ Capsicum, 1 Red ripe chilli, 4 tbsp Pasta sauce, ¾ cup Pizza cheese/ Mozzarella
- Cook covered in medium flame or low flame, until the crust is stiff and cheese is melted.
- Cut and serve immediately with chilli flakes.
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Notes
- I have used instant yeast, which is supposed to be added directly to the flour without dissolving.
- If using active dry yeast, you should first add the yeast to lukewarm milk with sugar and dissolve it. Keep aside for 10 mins.
- It should be frothy and risen after 10 mins. if it is plain as such, then the yeast is not good. Discard and buy fresh stock.
- For this stove top pizza, cast iron skillet or atleast our iron tawa or something that is heavy, layered bottom for best crispy and golden crust.
- Also using butter or oil generously for greasing gives perfectly golden crisp crust!
Stepwise photos
1. In a bowl, mix flour, salt and yeast. Mix milk and water and heat it just luke warm. Dissolve sugar in it. Now add this milk and oil/ butter to the flour and mix.
2. Make a smooth dough. Knead for 5 minutes. Keep aside covered with a cling wrap. Preferably in a warm place. I keep inside the oven with oven light ON. After an hour or 1 & ½ hour, the dough would have doubled and risen.
3. Punch it down and divide into two. Dust well and roll each ball into thick discs.
4. Heat a heavy bottomed pan, add butter/ oil and fry the toppings. I skipped sauteeing tomato. Collect the toppings.
5. Carefully place the rolled pizza base in the pan. The heat should be low. Flip after a minute.
6. Prick in few places, spread pizza/ pasta sauce, leaving the sides. Spread the toppings and sprinkle cheese over it.
7. Cook covered in medium flame or low flame, until the crust is stiff and cheese is melted.
8. Cut and serve immediately with chilli flakes.
Always serve hot, immediately for best tasting pizza!
Fantastic post Raji 🙂 beautiful clicks
While living in PG I used to make pizza this way. lovely clicks
VERY NICE…AM NOT HAVING OVEN… AM THINKING TO MAKE A PIZZA ON TAWA…RIGHT TIME POST…THANK YOU RAKS.. 🙂 ……
Everything is looking yummy. The raw wooden coaster below the skillet is wow !
Looks awesome . Will definitely try it out . What's the cost of the iron skillet that you brought from Tokyu
How much u paid for this skillet in tokyu hands?
Thanks much Raks… Was waiting for this recipe..
Nice recipe. Can we also do it on the non stick tawa???
It does not brown as cast iron pan. But sure you can try. Make it thin crust, so that it gets cooked.
22 SGD
22 SGD
thank for such simple recipe, well i tried at home with go pizza cheese and pizza turned to be awesome even though layer got bit hard but dint matter much against.
Hey Raks! Loved the recipe. Gotta doubt though. Is it a must to use yeast or can I skip it??
Hey Raks! Loved the recipe.Gotta doubt though.. Is the usage of yeast a must??
hey Raks… what can be replaced for yeast. or can we skip it?
Can you please refer my naan without yeast recipe and try it out. naan without yeast
Hi if the dough is prepared and baked on next day is it ok
Yeah you can let it rise, punch down, oil the surface and cling warp. Refrigerate. Next day, take out and leave it outside to rise and then you can continue with the procedure.