A taste of El-Salvador 08/11/2010
 Plantain-Stuffed Pupusa One of my favorite things about living in New York City is that I get to taste food from all over the world. I recently visited the Red Hook Ball park in Brooklyn. Actually, I didn't visit the park at all. I went straight to the food trucks that were selling all sorts of yummy Latin American food. The friend I was with insisted I try the Pupusa. Pupusa (popular Salvadorian food) is a hand-made corn tortilla stuffed with all sorts of goodies including cheese, pork, squash, spinach, chicken etc. I ordered two pupusas - one stuffed with beef and other the with loroco (vine flower bud from Central America) and cheese. They were both REALLY good. My friend offered me a taste of her plantain-stuffed pupusa that was so delicious that I dedcided to make my own. First, I got some corn-meal dough (masa harina) and some very ripe plantains. Then I added some water to the corn-meal and kneaded to form a sticky dough; peeled and mashed the plantains into the dough; and added some chopped basil and salt to taste. I heated a skillet with about 1 table of oil, allowed the oil to heat, formed the dough into balls and flattened them with my hand before placing them unto the hot skillet. It doesn't require much cooking. Just until brown on both sides. Traditionally, pupusas are served with picked cabbage, but I ate mine with sauteed mix of dandelion greens (from my garden), green onions and basil. Yum! Comments08/14/2010 3:45pm
Sounds fantastic! I have some masa in my kitchen today. I'm going to make gorditas for the first time tomorrow. Comments are closed. |
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