Recipe: Mexican tortillas

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Like I already mentioned in my previous post, tortillas are the base of almost every Mexican dish. Tortillas are eaten for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. It’s kind of like bread for Mexicans, even though they do eat bread as well but not as much as tortillas. You can always find tortillas in a Mexican’s fridge. I thought it would be a good idea to share a recipe with you all, so if you’re interested, you can make tortillas the Mexican way too. Something to do during quarantine. 😉

A few days ago, I was lucky enough to learn how to make tortillas the Mexican way; from the scratch. I made the tortillas with my Mexican host family, which was a great experience. To learn more about the local food culture, it’s the best to cook together with the locals. One thing in my bucket list for Mexico was to learn to make tortillas, and I’m super excited to share the recipe with you. Surprisingly, it’s very easy to make them, you only need three ingredients: corn flour, water and salt.

Recipe:
2 cups of corn flour
1 1/4 cups water (lukewarm)
1 tsp salt

1. Mix all the ingredients together.
2. Use your fingers to make little balls from the dough.
3. Divide the dough into 16 same size pieces.
4. Make the pieces round with your hands.
5. Put plastic on the “tortilla maker” and place one of the round pieces in the middle. (This step can also be made with only the plastic and a rolling pin).
6. Make the dough flat. (without the “tortilla maker” just place something on the top of the ball e.g. a chopping board and press the dough flat. Finish with a rolling pin).
This is what the flat dough is supposed to look like.
7. Place the pieces on stove and cook them through.
8. Turn them around when the bottom has cooked well (remember you don’t want to make them crispy, just have them cooked but soft).
9. After cooked from both sides, place them in a basket and cover with a kitchen towel to keep them soft and warm.
10. To make tacos, serve with fillings of your choice. Our fillings were papas con chorizo and guacamole sauce. We made the papas con chorizo by cooking onion, vegan chorizo and potatoes in a pan together, seasoned with some chili, salt and pepper.
Guacamole was made with avocados, green chili, tomatillo, onion and koriander smashed all together, and seasoned with salt, pepper, lime and a few drops of olive oil.

I hope you all enjoy making tortillas and have fun with it. I would love to know if you plan to make these, so please add a comment and let me know if you do. Also let me know what’s your favorite taco filling. Let’s continue the discussion in the comment box below! Stay safe and healthy!

Love, Emilia

10 thoughts on “Recipe: Mexican tortillas”

  2. Hello Emilia ! Your article is soo cool. It’s super easy to make ! I’ll try your recipe ! Have a nice day !

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    • Thank you for taking your time and commenting MJ. I’m happy you liked my article. More is coming soon, so stay tuned 😉 Hope you have a nice weekend!

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  3. Buenos días Emilia, super cool and interesting article about Mexican food. Muchísimas gracias for the tortilla recipe. I think I will try it in the following days! 🙂

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    • Hola Steve, thanks for your kind comment. I’m happy you enjoyed it! I think it’s cool that with this recipe you can make tortillas for your family in Germany, and they can have a little taste of Mexico. 😉

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  5. Hey this blog is awesome so far! Definitely keen to learn more about Mexico as you write about it. I’m interested, do most families make the tortillas themselves like this regularly or buy it from the market?

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    • Hi Amber, thanks for your comment. I’m happy to hear you find this topic interesting. That’s a good question: from my experience, it’s more common to buy tortillas from the market. But I also believe that people make tortillas by themselves too. I think it just saves time to buy them from the market as they eat tortillas every day.

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