Home made Healthy Burritos

Hello friends iam back..... Back with my favourite mexican food.

In the recent days I have somehow got a liking to mexican food maybe coz its simple... ...you know all the ingredients that go in making each dish , secondly they taste a lot like our indian food an above all its so easy to make........

I love anything mexican.... it has so much variety in vegetarian too..... any dish u choose, u can just ask them to remove the meat/chicken and u can still enjoy all thats there in a mexican menu......

Now this is one simple and easy recipe.... I got to learn this one from one of my elder cousins.She made this when we went to visit them for new year.Now, here i would like to share her burrito recipe with all of u. Thanks akka for the recipe.


For 5 burritos
Ingredients you need:

Large flour tortillas - 5
Vegetarian refried beans - 1 can ( If your r a vegetarian see that you take a can of refried beans which says "vegatarian" , you also get traditional refried beans, but those have meat broth.)
Tomatoes : 2 chopped in cubes
Onions (optional) - 1 chopped
Green bell pepper - 1 big chopped
Corn - 2 cups
Olives - 1 cup
Low fat Sour cream - about 1 cup
Gaucomole ( i didnt use it here, u may if u wish)
Mild Salsa - 1 cup (optional)
Olive oil


Method :

In a big pan take some olive oil. Add the chopped bell pepper to it and saute til a nice cooked smeel erupts from it. See that you dont over cook it. It should be crisp. Now add in the refried beans to it and keep stirring. Cook the beans for approximately 20 mins or till it cooks well.

While the beans are being cooked keep all the other vegetables chopped well and ready in cups.In a small pan toss in the corn and toast them till u see small spots on it. It will make them taste better.



Now, take one tortilla and toast it lightly on a pan.toast both the sides. Put it on a plate and place a spoon ful of refried beans mixture on it. Top it with the tomatoes, olives, corns, salsa,(u may cut the salsa too as u already have the tomatoes,onions sour cream and gaucomole. See that u put a moderate amount of everything.... you dont wanna load ur tortilla and struggle eating..

Now , this has a three step packing which is very important. once u have put all the filling on the tortilla, see which side do u want to be the top i.e the open side and start making a horizontal fold on the bottom then fold each sides on each other.... its like packing a box...
I will post a pic of this soon.


Your Burritos are ready....isnt it easy do try it and let me know...



This is another snap of the burrito sorry for the eaten bit.... my hubby cudnt wait.

Enjoy the Burrito:)

Indo - Mexican delight

I have always loved indian chaat, the pani puri sev puri and all those other stuff we get in mumbai.... umm.. after coming here.... chaat is wt i miss extensively. This recipe here today is my dedication to the multiple varieties of chaat i have eaten. this recipe kind of resembles to the sev puri (one kind of chaat made with flat pori..)..with some changes made. hope u like it and enjoy it. do give me ur comments.

okie now this is my own brain child.. a recipe of chaat indo mexican style.

The other day when i was cleaning my kitchen - which is a mess now thanx to my newly acquired hobby of cooking and experimenting - i came across this big pack of corn tortilla chips. It was evening and i was happy to see the chips packet thinking that atleast i dont need to make anything for the evening tiffin...... "tortilla and salsa rox".

But, my luck i didnt have any salsa with me...... i remembered that we finished the salsa just last week.So again i starting racking by brain to think what should i make for tiffin now....then it stuck me like a lightning...to make this chat...

Its simple easy and very very tasty..........

To make this u need :

Corn Tortilla chips - 20-25 pieces

Potatoes -3 medium sized (boiled)

Tomatoes - 2 chopped

Onions - 1 big chopped into fine pieces.

Sweet corn - 1 can (optional)

Sweet Tamarind chutney

Mint coriander chutney

yoghurt

Chaat masala

coriander leaves and sev for garnishing

Salt

For the Instant Sweet Tamarind chutney :

I made this chutney the easy way...i mixed up 3 tbsp of date syrup with 2 tbsp of tamarind concentrate. Added around 1tbsp of sugar to this (powdered sugar preferable) mixed this up and heated in microwave for 2 minutes.. i got my instant imli chutney or sweet tamarind chutney. It turned out too good and can be stored in the fridge for a long time.. i kept it till 2 weeks...:)

Tip: if u dont have date syrup u may skip it and add more sugar to the tamarind concentrate.... to give the sweetness.... try it and let me know..

For instant corinader mint chutney.:

this was the easy way too.... i mixed up... 2 tbsp store bought mint paste with 1 whole bunch of coriander and 2 green chillies..the mint chutney was ready and spicy.

Now for the method :

Mash the boiled potatoes add a bit of salt to it and keep it aside. Now in a large plate arrange the Tortilla chips. Now on each chips one by one...place some mashed potatos, chopped tomatoes , sweet corn and the onions. Now drop a tsp of mint coriander chutney on each of the arranged chips. Do the same with the tamarind chutney...

Now of top sprinkle a bit of chaat powder and salt...granish with finely chopped coriander leaves and sev....

Serve as it is..enjoy this mast chaat and let me know ur comments...