Have you ever passed a pizza inn and thought, ‘if only I could afford it’? The truth is with the exorbitant prices for pizza, not many Kenyans can afford it. Think about it, a 2kg floor is less than sh140, add the meat prices and vegetables used and the mark up cannot exceed sh300 and that is for 4 pizzas! So why pay a thousand shillings for one pizza when you can make your own?

You don’t have an oven? Don’t worry about it, it’s not vital. You don’t have cheese? Who needs it? As Cynthia, a local entrepreneur and expert pizza maker would tell you, all you need is a source of dry heat. This is easily done by double heating. This is where one container is placed inside another. The first container has to be large enough to accommodate the second container. You would want to use a large cooking sufuria and a circular metal plate.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of all purpose flour
• 2 cups of warm water
• 2 tablespoons of baking powder
• A pinch of salt

Toppings:

• Tomato sauce (make your own sauce)
• Spices of choice
• Vegetables of choice
• Meat (sausages and smokies make a good option)
• 2 egg whites (cheese, if you insist)

METHOD:

Start by preparing the pizza dough – this is similar to the way you would prepare chapati or mandazi dough. Set it aside for 30 minutes so that it rises.

As it raises put water in the large sufuria, just enough that it can boil for about 30 minutes without needing any additional water (look for a flat stone that you will place inside the sufuria and place your second container).

Separate the dough into 3-4 parts and roll it until it is half an inch in thickness.

Add about a third cup of your prepared tomato sauce to the crust.

Add the toppings of choice before carefully covering them with the egg whites.

Your pizza is now ready to be cooked, place it in the secondary container and cover it well.

Place the stone inside the large sufuria before placing the secondary container on top of it.

The lowest cooking time reported is 16 minutes. Check your pizza and if the egg white is cooked, your pizza is ready. Remove it and wait for it to cool down before eating.

Tips:

Of course, you may not make the perfect pizza at first. It took Cynthia three times to find a blend she could really enjoy. So, ensure that you try it out a couple of times and experiment with different toppings and spices. Who knows, you may just come up with your own very unique blend of pizza!

Article source: https://www.zakenya.com/Food-and-Beverage/34-How-to-cook-pizza-without-an-oven-without-yeast-and-without-cheese.html