Thursday, August 12, 2010

Veg. Mexican Baja Gordita

Know what you eat : Yellow Corn flour is Milled from dried corn kernels and is not corn meal.  It is finer in texture, not gritty like cornmeal.   It can be used in any recipe calling for cornmeal to produce of smoother feel to the food. Yellow Corn flour can also substitute up to one fourth the flour in bread and baked goods for some unique taste sensations.It is very useful for gluten-free quick breads because corn flour contains no gluten, it must be blended with wheat flour when preparing yeasted breads, tortillas, muffins,pancakes & corn bread.
Veg. Mexican Baja Gordita


For the homemade gordita wrap you need:

1 C Enriched Yellow corn flour
1/4 C Whole Wheat flour
2 tsp oil to knead the dough
salt to taste
enough water to make the dough

For filling you need:
1 16oz. can of Refried Beans (for vegetarians)Almost all the refried beans has lard in it..so make sure you select vegetarian refried beans.
1 C tomatoes,chopped
1/2 C Onions / Scallions, chopped
1 C Romaine Lettuce/ finely chopped
1/2 C Mexican taco 4 chesse blend (rennet-free cheese)
Sour cream / yogurt as per taste
Taco bell Hot sauce, or picante, or fresh salsa or combination of any two..
Cilantro, chopped for garnishing.

Veg. Mexican Baja Gordita

Method:

1. For the wrap, knead the dough using yellow corn flour & wheat flour ( adding wheat flour will give some elastcity to bind it well),with water & oil, just like roti dough is been made.
 2. Roll it using some flour if needed, and roast it well, just as you make roti..its that simple..I tried this new homemade wraps, as I like to either use multigrain roti/wraps or whole wheat..for a change in taste and nutrition yellow corn flour was been used..which was a great hit.

3. Once the wraps are ready, before serving, heat up these wraps either in a microwave or hot griddle, using a little butter/oil, on one side warm up ready to use refried beans, its already seasoned with spices..but for more flavour chili flakes or taco seasoning can be added.
4. Spread up these beans on the wraps along with tomatoes, onions/scallions, lettuce, red sauce, salsa, yogurt / sour cream, and cheese, wrap up and serve..warm Enjoy these delicious & fresh gorditas..with all the nutrition bagged in..
Goes straight to MLLA 18th, event started by Susan, going on at cooking4allseasons.

Also to Food for 7 Stages of Life - Healthy Fast Food hosted by Radhika and Sudeshna.
This wrap goes to "GLOBAL KADAI" event started by Cilantro, hosted at Divyablogs.

51 comments:

Sunitha said...

Fantastic picture!.. Like your recipe.

Sailaja Damodaran said...

you are making me hungry.....nice click.

Sarah Naveen said...

nice click..and wrap looks delicious...

prasu said...

wow....gals u people are rocking with amazing clicks and delicious recipes..........lovely veg mexican baja gordita...........fullof flavors.......

Dolly Sharma said...

Wow, Looks so delicious and absolutely love ur presentation. Love mexican food. Will surely try ur recipe.

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Preeti Kashyap said...

thanks for altering on the lard in the beans...lovce the click...recipe is healthy and yummm.

ann low said...

WOW! This is delicious and hearty :D

Tina said...

Tempting and yummy...Pass that plate to me....

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Crispy, healthy &lovely wraps

sangeeta said...

looks fresh n yummy..

Raks said...

Wow,the moment i saw the picture,i just felt like grabbing and have a bite :P LOoks wonderful!

amna said...

that's an amazing summary on corn flour and the wrap looks too good!

Spice said...

Pic look so good & vibrant....u made me hungry....you are right rolling corn clour(meal) dough could be little tricky, sometime I also add little bit of wheat flour

Oraphan said...

That looks amazingly delicious! What a beautiful photos! It also sounds so healthy and tasty, it makes me hungry in the middle of the night!

Priya Suresh said...

Lip smacking mexican dish, just love it..

lata raja said...

Relishable filling. Have no idea of the wrapper though. Another bookmarked recipe from you.

jayasree said...

What a colorful wrap it is.. All healthiness packed in it.

Jeyashris Kitchen said...

absolutely a new recipe.love the picture and sure will taste good.

Pavani said...

Looks healthy & delicious.

Suparna said...

wooooooooooo ...what a recipe and what a snap, looks like its piercing out of the screen :) too good and yummy

Finla said...

Looks so so good, I have enve rmade any mexican food.
SHould start once.

Bergamot said...

This looks delicious and it's quite nutritious too!!

SE said...

wow..this looks tempting and delicious....

Unknown said...

looks so delicious..love the yummy filling as well as the wrapping which is healthy...

chakhlere said...

OMG!! It looks soooooooo yummy. I just want to grab one of it!!

I love your Mexican recipes very much!!

Anshika said...

Delicious wrap !! Also it is so healthy. You always make such good food.

Unknown said...

Wrap looks and sounds so good!Tempting click!!

Vrinda said...

Lovely wrap..never tried at home...looks yummmm

Priya Narasimhan said...

your blog name should be a2zhealthy-tasty-colorful-vegetarian cuisine..very nice photos.. The corn flour that you have mentioned...is it the same that we use to thicken gravy??

Abhilash said...

mm... mouth watery super recipe...

The photographs are taken nice...

Anonymous said...

yummo! the green, yellow and red colour is driving me crazy..oo gud

Padma said...

Such a lovely click and wrap looks very delicious and also healthy :)

Shri said...

I am hungry now..I wish I could take a bite:D

Anupama said...

Fantastic! I have always loved burritos and gorditos... this one sounds very easy to make too :-)

Cham said...

The filling is just winner, ur gordita are real thin like tortilla!

My cooking experiments said...

wow!the click makes me drool!

Sandhya Hariharan said...

Fresh n Healthy :)

Angie's Recipes said...

wow! I love a wrap like this, light, yet flavourful and bright!

Dhanya Ganesh said...

Wow Wow...what a click yaar. Gordita looks delicious and healthy. Pls parcel me some.

Bhawna said...

Just one word..Delicious!!!

chef and her kitchen said...

That is a mind blowing click dear..lovely wrap..

Shanthi Krishnakumar said...

Congrats on being featured in EC's blog. Wish many more to be featured.

Vidya Rao said...

Wow..never thought that we could prepare such a lovely dish at home! Awesome recipe

Parita said...

This is something very new to me! Looks colorful :-)

lubnakarim06 said...

Thank you for the info on cornmeal and corn flour.....wrap looks yummy...love that healthy stuffing...

Yasmeen said...

Pass it over please :D

my kitchen said...

Yummy Wrap,makes me appetizing

s said...

great pic and even better post.

Dori said...

Wow, looks amazing! I love the homemade wrap!

Padhu Sankar said...

Looks gorgeous!!

Unknown said...

Thanks everyone, for your lovely comments...

Padhu: I tried to reply you back..but your blog was unable to open.

 
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