Every single one of my grandchildren has experienced making tortillas. I really didn’t make them roll out tortillas, they asked if they could try. My youngest grandson wanted to help this week, so I left the last one for him to roll out and he did a great job.
He was really concentrating on the instructions I gave him, start in the center and roll down, then back to the center and roll the top part up, turn the tortilla and do the same thing over again, adding a little flour if the tortilla sticks to the rolling pin. By the way, these are just my instructions, I think it’s easier if you do it this way.
Because of them helping with this tradition of tortilla making, a few tortilla monsters have been created. If I know that a certain grandson is coming over, then I have to make more. But this fills me with joy that they can have homemade tortillas and not the cardboard tasting ones from the store. Well, I confess, we do eat those once in a while.
Here’s a tortilla that I rolled out, cooking on the comal.
That morning I was making papas and chorizo. Chorizo is Mexican sausage with eggs scrambled in the sausage, which is a touch greasy, but yum, it tastes so good! If you want to make it a little healthier you can do half soy chorizo and half of the real thing. Also you can line the serving bowl with paper towels so that they can soak up the grease.
There is only one person in our family that doesn’t care for chorizo and that is our son. He says, “Anything that needs 2 or 3 paper towels to soak up the grease can’t be good for you!”
Okay, I fibbed a little. Those are tater tots, not papas, but hey, I deserve a break sometimes.
I make my masa without a recipe, I just guestimate on the amount of ingredients that I need, but there are some good recipes out there. We use flour, baking powder, salt (optional), and shortening for the masa.
What is your favorite greasy food?
papas-potatoes
masa-dough
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Sandra
Looks delicious! I will be right over! I can smell those yummy tortillas as they cook on the comal! How funny, mi mama calls those papitas tambien! xoxo
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disappearingwoman
Oh, yummy! How nice to have helpers in the kitchen! I LOVE Mexican food. You should post some more of your other delicious dishes! 🙂
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litadoolan
I never had home made tortillas. These clear instruction make me want to try. Your Grandson is doing a super job. I love Nachos with melted cheese over them with (I think it’s gherkin or..?) sliced chilli that goes over it. Tortillas also are delicious of course!
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shellysopinion
Looks yummy, they should learn!
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