Papadzules
Papadzules, from above
Non vegEggYucatán

Papadzules

Egg filled tortillas in a pumpkin seed sauce. Yucatán's oldest kind of comfort, still mild and green.

45 minTime
28 gProtein each
mildSpice
A Maya classic2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPepita sauce, egg filling and a whole habanero, as in Mérida.
The original
543kcalsame
28 gproteinsame
8 gfibresame
45minutessame

Papadzules.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Corn tortilla12 tortillas
Egg6, hard boiled
Pumpkin seeds (pepitas)1¼ cups hulled pepitas
Water1 cup, hot
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a few sprigs (epazote if you have it)
Tomato3
Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1 habanero, whole
Onion½ small
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tsp
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Toast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan until they pop and smell nutty, without browning. Grind to a fine powder.
  2. 2Simmer the herbs in the water for 2 minutes, then whisk the hot water slowly into the seed powder with salt until creamy. Keep warm over very low heat, never boiling.
  3. 3Char the tomatoes, blend them and fry in the oil with the onion and the whole habanero for 8 minutes.
  4. 4Dip warm tortillas in the seed sauce, fill with chopped egg and roll up.
  5. 5Lay on plates, pour over more seed sauce and the tomato sauce, and top with more chopped egg.
Serve it like this

Serve three rolls per plate, sauced in green and red stripes, topped with chopped egg and a few drops of the green seed oil if it separates.

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Bread or rice Bolillos150 min
Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
With a main Sopa de lima70 min
On the side Frijoles refritos45 min
On the side Calabacitas25 min
To drink Agua de jamaica20 min
To drink Horchata15 min
Something sweet Marquesitas30 min
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