Are you interested in making fresh, crispy, and hard taco shells at home? Here is the easy recipe tutorial to show how you can do it.
My family is really fond of Mexican food, especially Mexican rice, salads, nachos, and crunchy tacos. Though we don't make Mexican cuisine that much at our home but veg Mexican tacos are always our choices when we go for dinner out.
In spite of dinner outs, it's always demanded by my daughter to have homemade Mexican tacos because she is a lover of homemade food. You may be asked for the same but don't panic if it is so. Today, I will tell you how to make the perfect taco shells at home in an easy and quick way without using any mold.
To have a close-up on tips and tricks to follow, I have made a video for reference that you can refer to for best results.
Overview
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Course: Mexican side-serve
Serve: 15
Ingredients
- Maize Flour (Makai ka atta)-1cup
- All-purpose flour (maida)-1/2 cup
- Baking soda-1/4 teaspoon
- Oil-1 tablespoon
- Carom seed (Ajwain)- 1 teaspoon
- Salt- 1/2 teaspoon
- Lukewarm water- 1/2 cup
Process of making Homemade taco shell
Step-1
Take a big vessel for dough kneading. Add Maize flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and oil into it.
Step-2
Take the carom seed and crush by rubbing them between your palm and put in the flour mix.
Step-3
Take lukewarm water and add to the flour gradually to make a soft dough.
Step-4
Once the dough is kneaded cover it with a wet cloth and keep it aside for 5-10 minutes.
Step-5
Take the dough divide it into four equal parts and make Pedas/round balls for preparing round tortillas/roti's.
Step-6
Dust the rolling board with all-purpose flour and make big thin tortillas with the help of a rolling pin.
Note: To avoid sticking of tortillas it's good to dust dry flour over the board at intervals
Step-7
Cut the big tortilla in a small (poori size) round shape with any round cutter. Here I'm using a sharp corner saucer for cutting.
Step-8
Prick the tortillas with a fork from both sides.
Step-9
Heat oil in a deep kadhai/or pan on medium heat, drop the prepared tortillas, and fry it.
Step-10
Take a kitchen towel and tissue placed over it. Take out the fried tortilla on a tissue.
Step-11
Immediately fold it from the sides keeping a rolling pin in between. (check the video for reference).
Note: All the taco shells can be prepared in advance before the final service and can be kept aside.
Final serve
Crispy and crunchy homemade taco shells without mold are ready to fill up. Stuff them with desired veggies, patties, or salad and enjoy.