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Tortilla

Tortilla
ruchi

November 29, 2014

Tortilla is used in many Mexican dishes like Burrito, Quesadilla, Tacos, Fajitas, etc. and the fresher they are, the tastier these dishes become.

 

Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 8 small tortillas Difficulty: Easy

 

Ingredients

All Purpose Flour 2 cups
Salt 1 tsp
Baking Powder 1/8 tsp
Vegetable Oil 1/4 cup

Method

  1. Mix flour, salt, oil and baking powder in a bowl.
    2. Flour, salt, baking powder and oil  
  2. Add vegetable oil and rub it in to make a bread crumb kind of consistency.
    3. Oil rubbed in flour  
  3. Use lukewarm water to knead a soft dough.
    4. Kneading the dough  
  4. Keep it aside covered for 20 minutes.
    5. Dough is ready to rest  
  5. Divide the dough in 8 equal balls.
  6. Roll a ball in a thin roti.
    7. Rolling the dough  
    Rolled dough  
  7. Put it on the hot griddle. Keep it on medium heat.
    8. Rolled dough on the griddle  
  8. When bubbles start to form, flip it over.
    9. Bubbles forming  
  9. Cook till the other side also gets some brown spots.
    10. Flipped over  
  10. Repeat with other balls. Tortillas are ready to be used.
    11. Tortilla is ready  

Notes

  1. To make it more healthy, you can replace some all purpose flour with the whole wheat flour.
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