Mexican food is one of the rising cuisines in the world today. It has a variety of flavors and colorful garnishes that definitely influence the ultimate experience of the Mexican gastronomy. In November of 2010 the Mexican cuisine was added by UNESCO as one of the world's intangible cultural heritages.
Many people think that a visit to a Mexican restaurant makes them a culinary expert on it. But the truth is that there is a lot more than tacos and burritos on the Mexicans menu. Real Mexican food comes from the soul of Mexico and its people. The difference between the Tex Mex food and the authentic Mexican food is gigantic. The ingredients for Mexican cuisine are corns and beans. Masa is dough made of corn and it is used in making tamales, tortillas sopes, and gorditas. They also use rice as a complement to many dishes. They also use a large variety of squash and peppers in their recipes for additional flavor, texture and color. The most common herbs and spices that they use in Mexican cuisine are chili, onion, oregano, cinnamon, garlic, cilantro, perejil, epazote and cocoa.
The best way to cook it is to have the ingredients mentioned above and get them as fresh as you can. The freshness of the vegetables and spices will definitely enhance the flavor of your dishes. Also makes sure that you tasted some authentic Mexican food already so you know the original flavors rather than just getting the taste from a fusion restaurant. Getting the right spices and blends is the key in achieving the great flavor of it. I highly recommend you to read Diana Kennedy´s the Essential Cuisines of Mexico,to have a good understanding of the Mexican gastronomy.
If you want great tasting masa, then do it yourself. Remove corn kernels from the cob and boil it with some cal, which is a powdery substance added to get the starch out of the corn, then let it cool and grind it and you have fresh masa. If you wanted to taste the best mixture of Aztec culture with Spanish influence, then it is very important that you get the real materials that represent their heritage. Their cuisine has a luxurious blend of spices and flavors that represent Mexico not only food wise but culturally as well.
Here are some Mexican dishes that you can try: the traditional stews; adobo, birria, mole, menudo, and pozole the finger delights; empanadas, quesadillas tamalitos, gorditas, sopes and tostadas the established refried beans, chile relleno, shredded beef, and chicken enchiladas. And these are just to name a few of the delectable dishes of Mexico. In the antique Mexico women cooked their dishes in an open fire on a top of their comales, or on the traditional brick oven or the underground oven, which is still applied in some rural areas of Mexico. Another technique that they use is the barbacoa, or steaming the meat on top of boiling water. Frying is also one of the cooking techniques used in Mexican food preparation. It is used in taquitos, sopes, tostadas, totopos, and flautas.
Remember that authentic Mexican cuisine is the best way to taste the flavors of Mexico. Buen Provecho¡
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