Today, when Mexican cuisine has become very popular in European countries and not only in many restaurants, dishes such as enchilados, fajitas, burritos, tortillas, pesto sauces, Tabasco, mole and salsa are served. Especially popular is the tortillas, which serve almost any meat and vegetable dishes, they are wrapped in salads. Someone thinks that tortillas are ordinary cakes, akin to pita bread, drink or focaccia. But this is not so: the tortillas are prepared differently than all the others. Preparation should start with the choice of flour. For delicious tortillas, only high-quality wheat flour is used, and finely ground corn flour, which has a reddish or bright yellow-orange hue.
How to cook tortillas?
In fact, there is nothing complicated in the process, the tortilla at home is prepared quite quickly and easily. First, sift half a glass of wheat flour, and separately the same amount of corn. Mix wheat and corn flour, add 1 teaspoon without a slide of salt and a pinch of soda or baking powder. Once again sift the mixture, assemble it with a slide, make a groove, add a glass of water at room temperature and knead the dough. When all the flour "grab", add 2 tbsp. a spoonful of butter - vegetable or creamy - to taste - and continue kneading until the dough begins to stick out of hand. Let him rest under a napkin for half an hour. Divide the dough into 10-12 slices, each roll into a thin cake and fry on both sides in a hot dry frying pan.
Tortillas from corn
Corn tortilla is an excellent substitute for bread, especially because you can regulate its composition and caloric content. To cook corn tortillas, sift 3 cups of cornmeal flour, add a large pinch of salt and a teaspoon of baking powder or a half-spoonful of soda. Mix everything well. To make a dough for tortillas, you can use milk, whey, kefir, water - you will get a dough of different softness and the cakes will be with different calories. Liquids need to take a glass, it should not be cold. Oil, again, affects the taste and calorie content of the dish. You can use butter, "light" oil or sunflower unrefined, odorless. Oils take 5 tbsp. spoons. Knead the elastic, not sticking to the surface of the dough, divide into portions. Roll balls, cover them with a clean towel and leave for about 40 minutes. Roll the dough into thin buns. On a dry hot frying pan, grill the tortillas on both sides until the rosy areas appear.
Add cheese
If you want to get a delicious tortilla with an unusual taste and pleasant structure, take 1 glass of wheat, corn and rye flour. Combine the flour and sow a couple of times. Add salt, baking powder, ½ tsp chili pepper, a pinch of cayenne pepper, a little turmeric or curry, chopped dry herbs. Pour a glass of warm water and add a glass of grated hard cheese on a large grater. If the cheese is salted, do not add salt. Oils in this recipe is less - 2 tbsp. spoons of vegetable without a smell. The dough will turn out to be quite steep. When it rests, roll out the cakes and fry in a dry hot frying pan. Tortillas will be sharp, with a rich cheese flavor.
Potato tortillas
Very tasty dish - tortilla with potatoes. It will take 1 large onion, 5 tubers of potatoes, 6 large chicken eggs, milk or sour cream - ½ cup, as much