Friday, March 30, 2007

gringa getting better at pupusas

One more time, with feeling! I love pupuasas so much I was determined to keep on trying the dough. I went to Emporium Latino in Kensington Market last night and asked the nice woman which flour I should use, and she said "instant corn masa mix."


While I was there I got pupusas with curtido, done the right way:


Went home and tried myself again. I definitely had dud flour before, because this stuff came together much better! I made a concave ball of dough and put refried beans in the hole:

Then smushed the dough around to cover the beans:

Flattened the ball and fried the patty:

Let it cool and put it in my lunch box with some sour supreme, vegan cheeze and salsa. Much better!

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posted by Carla @ 8:36 AM 5 comments

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

gringa fails at pupusas


2nd night to attempt pupusas, and still not what I want them to turn out like. The corn flour feels like sand and it's fun to play with, like being at the beach! but I couldn't get it to look or taste like a good dough. I looked at other recipes, and they all only called for corn flour and water for the dough, so it must be possible. I tried mixing wheat flour in with corn flour, still not great. I filled them with refried beans. The curtido turned out fine.

If you had more success, pretty please LMK. In the meantime I'm going back to Emporio Latino for pro pupusa goodness!

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posted by Carla @ 8:14 AM 8 comments