Combine yeast, warm water and salt in a bowl. Mix well. Add flour, herbs and make dough.
Knead till it's smooth. (AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN COVER AND LEAVE THE DOUGH ASIDE FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR IN WARM PLACE TO RISE) Divide it into 4 parts.
Roll thin using dusting. Apply oil in medium size pizza tray. Place pizza base on it. Adjust the size to the plate.
Make cuts on the base. Prepare all 4 likewise.Combine garlic and 3 tbsp oil in a bowl. Apply it on the bases. Cover and rest them aside for an hour or more or till they puff (SKIP THIS IF YOU ALREADY RESTED THE DOUGH FOR RISING BEFORE ROLLING).
Preheat oven at 200c (full oven and grill). Apply 3-4 tbsp sauce on each base. Sprinkle toppings. Grate cheese. Sprinkle chilli flakes. Place the plate in the middle rake till pizza puffs, the cheese melts completely and gets brown spots on cheese.
This is how the soft base base pizza looks like when cooked well. Notice the bubbles on the pizza base. That indicates how well it has puffed
For crisp base : bake pizza base (15 min, 180c pre-heated oven) once it has rested and puffed. Then apply sauce and do the rest of the procedure. Bake again as normal.
For very thick base: roll them thick and follow the normal process.
Tips :1. use mozzarella, and no other cheese. 2. It's important to bake pizza at high temperatures or else cheese will get over cooked and start releasing oil. 3. Let pizza cool down for minimum 5 minutes before you cut it. This way the cheese and the topping sets well and doesn't slide away while you are cutting. 4. If you like spicy pizza, make your sauce extra spicy by adding more Chilli sauce. The spiciness gets balanced due to toppings and cheese.
5. kabuzi and Jalopino are the two types of chillies that go really well with pizza. 6. Keep the sauce a bit more on sweeter side. 7. Baking needs a lot of perfection as the entire taste of pizza relies on the right baking. So do not leave it unattended.
