| Tips and Tricks For Mexican Cooking |
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Masa, which is used to make fresh corn tortilla, is made of dry kernels, ground and mixed with water and a little ground limestone.
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Tortilla press is more often used in Mexican cooking, is a device used to flatten balls of masa into thin patties to make tortillas.
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Chiles are a key ingredient in most Mexican food dishes. There are reportedly over 60 varieties of chilies, ranging from very mild to fiery hot.
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Salsa, is the most basic dish in Mexican cooking, often served as an appetizer with chips and used to jazz up eggs to dinner meals. |
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Salsas can be made from fresh, raw vegetables[tomato salsa..] or cooked [Black bean salsa..]. |
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Stuffed poblano chilies, is the most famous Mexican recipe after tortilla. First the chili is charred, then the skin, stem and the seeds have been removed, then make a slit on one side and stuff it with cheese.
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A Molcajete is a stone mortar, used mostly to grind chilies for salsas.
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Poblano peppers are widely used in Mexican cooking, they are dark green in color. They can be mild or quite hot.
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Chipotles chilies are the dried and smoked jalapeno chilies. They are available in both dried and with adobo, a dark reddish-brown sauce. Their flavor very unique and tasty. |
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Ancho chilies are dried dark-red poblano chilies. They are mild in flavor and and used in many sauces.
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Jalapenos are the most recognized and widely used of all Mexican chilies.
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Habeneros are the hottest chilies in the world. They are tiny, bright orange in color and their flavor is delicious, if used sparingly.
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Ceviche is a very famous Mexican dish. It is made from raw fish, marinated until cooked in lime juice. After that it is combined with tomatoes, onions, spices and chilies and served.
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Guacamole, is the most famous Mexican dip, made from fresh avocados. |
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Avocados are delicate, delicious and healthy fruit, green on color and is widely used in Mexican cooking to make either guacamole[dip] or salsas.
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