Mexican food somewhere resembles to Indian food mostly because food is prepared with beans and spices. My whole family is a big fan of Mexican food.
Today I tried this amazing dish called as
Cauliflower Tacos with Orange- Tomato Salsa and Baja Sauce
This dish has four components – Tortillas, Cauliflower filling, Orange-Tomato Salsa and Baja Sauce
Also check out my other mexican recipe here
1.Tortillas
Ingredients
- All purpose flour -1&1/2 cup
- Baking powder – 1 tsp
- Salt to Taste
- Oil – 2 tbsp
- Warm water – ¾ cup to 1 cup
Method
- Combine all purpose flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
- Mix in oil and rub into the flour mixture. As this step will make tortillas super soft. Do not skip it.
- Add required amount of warm water to the flour mixture and make a soft dough.
- Cover the dough with damp cloth and let it rest for atleast 30 minutes.
- Divide the dough into small balls.
- Take a small dough ball and roll out the dough into semi thin tortilla.
- Dust some flour while rolling out the tortilla.
- Heat a skillet on medium flame and place the tortilla on it. Fry it till you see golden brown spots on both the sides.
- Wrap the fried tortillas in the clean kitchen towel until they are used. This makes the tortillas to remain soft for longer time.
- Tortillas are ready .
2.Cauliflower filling
Ingredients
- Cauliflower (chopped) – about 2 cups
- Onion (chopped) – 1 medium
- Ginger (chopped) – ½ inch piece
- Green chilly (chopped) – 1 no
- Pickled Jalapeno pepper – 2 nos (one can also use fresh ones if available)
- Hot sauce – 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tsp
- Cumin powder – 1 tsp
- Garlic powder – ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil – 2 tsp
- Cilantro(chopped)- to garnish
Method
- Heat pan on medium flame and add oil into it.
- Add chopped ginger and chopped green chilly. Fry for 20 seconds.
- Then add chopped onion and fry till are slightly light brown in colour.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder cumin powder and salt. Saute for few seconds.
- Add chopped cauliflower and mix everything well. Cover the pan with the lid and let the cauliflower cook until they are soft.
- Now here comes the best part. Add hot sauce in the cauliflower mixture. Mix well and saute for another 2 minutes.
- Cauliflower Filling is ready.
3.Orange - Tomato Salsa
Ingredients
- Orange (chopped)–3 segments
- Tomato (chopped) – 1 medium
- Onion (chopped) – 1 small
- Cucumber (chopped) – 3 tbsp
- Cilantro (chopped) – 2 tbsp
- Pepper – two pinch
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Method
- Combine all ingredients into a bowl.
- Add pepper powder, salt and lemon juice. Mix everything well.
- Orange- Tomato Salsa is ready.
4. Baja Sauce
Ingredients
- Mayonnaise – 1/4 cup
- Thick Yogurt – 2 tbsp
- Hot Sauce – 2 Tsp
- Pickled Jalapeno pepper (cooked) – 1 Tbsp
- Cilantro (chopped) – 1 Tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Pepper – a pinch
- Honey – 1 tsp
Method
Combine mayo, yogurt, chopped jalapenos, chopped cilantro, pepper powder, salt and honey into a bowl.
Whisk everything well .
Then add Hot Sauce into the whisked mixture. Give a quick stir.
Baja Sauce is ready.
To Assemble Taquitos
- Place tortillas on the plate.
- Scoop out 2tbsp of cauliflower filling onto each tortilla.
- Add Orange tomato Salsa and Baja Sauce.
- Wrap the tortillas.
- Here we go delicious cauliflower tacos are ready.
- You can make these rolls ahead of time and just roast them on the skillet until warm before serving.
- Serve these tacos warm. It tastes too good.
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