Vegetarian taco
Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original
Vegetarian taco with homemade wheat and corn flour shells, filled with cheddar, avocado, cherry tomatoes, red beans, and red onion — an affordable, meat-free street food recipe.
Ingredients
Method
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Mix the wheat flour, corn flour, water, oil, and salt until you get a dough with the consistency of modeling clay.
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Form balls of 50 grams each and, using a rolling pin, roll them out until you get a mini pancake in shape and thickness.
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Place each shell on a grill rack and put it in a preheated oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees.
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Prepare the filling: add the cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes, avocado, chili pepper, red beans, red onion, parsley, and, optionally, the Sriracha sauce.
The story behind this recipe
Starting today, you will find a category of recipes on my blog that you can cook on a low budget—20 lei or even less. In "Eat well, spend less," I will publish simple, healthy, and tasty recipes for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Many people complain that they want to eat healthy, but that it's expensive, hard to do, and time-consuming. Even if it were a little more costly, proper nutrition is a priority! Shop smart: Give up or reduce meals containing red meat or chicken, especially if you don't know their source! They cost a lot and are heavier. Eat seasonal fruits and vegetables, because they are full of vitamins and much more accessible! Don't skimp on quality—extra virgin olive oil, for example, is worth every penny, and 1 liter will last you a month. My goal is to prove to you that it is possible to pay less for food, especially if we use seasonal ingredients that also taste better. The first recipe is Vegetarian taco. If you love street food, you won't be able to resist the recipe I'm proposing today. You can cook a good taco right at home. Of course, it doesn't take 5 minutes to be ready, but it's worth the effort. With little money, specifically 15.8 lei, and ingredients chosen to my taste, I will show you how to prepare a taco from start to finish. I initially calculated for 2 servings, but 3 people will be able to eat from the 6 shells. For the shells, you need: 1 cup of wheat flour, 1/2 cup of corn flour, 1/2 cup of water, 1 tablespoon of oil, and salt (these ingredients cost at most 1 leu). Mix everything until you get a dough the consistency of modeling clay. Form balls of 50 grams each and then, with a rolling pin, roll them out until you get a mini pancake in shape and thickness. Place each shell on a grill, as you see in the picture, and put it in a preheated oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees. Now we take care of the filling, where I think there are at least 4 million combinations. I chose: 100 grams of cheddar cheese (7 lei), 6 cherry tomatoes (2 lei), 1 avocado (4 lei), 1 fresh chili pepper (0.5 lei), 1 can of red beans (2 lei), 1 red onion (0.3 lei), parsley (almost free!), and optional Sriracha sauce. Bon appétit!!!
