Burrito is one of our family favourites. Yes, it takes some preparation and some ingredients that you probably don’t have on stock. we always keep some tortillas in the freezer and have canned beans and corn, as well as pickled jalapenos in the storage.
additionally you will need to prepare guacamole, salsa and spiced rice. Here comes the overall shopping list:
- Tortillas
- red beans (canned or cooked)
- corn (canned or cooked)
- meat if you like. we usually prepare steak and cut it into thin slices, however minced meat spiced with paprika powder, salt and pepper also works. or fish with lemon. or nothing, as I said.
- two tomatoes
- two ripe avocados
- half a lemon
- one small onion
- one clove of garlic
- three or so twigs of fresh coriander leaves
- yogurt
- half a cup of rice
- ground cumin
- coriander seeds
- paprika powder
- Tabasco/ fermented hot sauce (optional)
Start with the rice: dice the onion, slice the garlic and heat both in olive oil in a big pot. Add half a dozen coriander seeds. boil water in a kettle. add the rice to the garlic-onion-coriander-mix and fry for two minutes or until water is boiled. add one cup of the boiling water, some paprika powder, ground cumin and salt to the pot. reduce heat after some minutes and let simmer until the rice is done. meanwhile, prepare the guacamole: cut half a tomato into small dice, add the meat of the two avocados, some salt and the lemon juice to the bowl. use a fork to mash the mix until you’ve reached a spread. you can add onion/ spring onion to the guacamole. continue with the salsa: blend coarsely chopped 1 1/2 tomatoes with a little salt and the coriander leaves. garlic optional here. put one bowl each with the beans, corn, jalapenos and yogurt on the table, add bowls of rice, salsa and avocado. prepare the meat if you chose to have it. same goes for tabasco. role all the ingredients into a tortilla, make sure to really close the bottom of the tortilla – maybe watch a video on how-to, especially, if you have kids on the table. Talking about kids, ours love Burrito!