Pupusas
Pupusas, from above
VegEl Salvador

Pupusas

Thick corn cakes stuffed with beans and cheese, griddled golden, with tangy curtido and salsa.

70 minTime
22 gProtein each
mildSpice
El Salvador's pride2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayPupusas de frijol con queso.
The original
508kcalsame
22 gproteinsame
13 gfibresame
70minutessame

Pupusas.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Masa harina3½ cups
Water2¼ cups warm
Saltto taste
Rajma, dry (dried red kidney beans)refried beans, from 3/4 cup dry
Queso fresco150 g
Mozzarella1 cup, quesillo
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for the tawa
Cabbage¼ head, shredded
Carrot1, grated
Onion1, sliced
Vinegar⅓ cup
Dried oregano1 tsp
Green chilli1
Tomato3, for salsa
Garlic1 clove

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Make curtido: blanch cabbage briefly, mix with carrot, onion, vinegar, oregano, chilli and salt. Rest at least 1 hour.
  2. 2Knead masa harina, water and salt to a soft, moist dough.
  3. 3Mix beans and cheeses. Make a cup with a ball of dough, fill, close and pat into a thick disc.
  4. 4Cook on an oiled tawa 4 to 5 minutes a side.
  5. 5Simmer tomato and garlic, blend into a thin salsa. Serve pupusas with curtido and salsa.
Serve it like this

Serve two hot pupusas per plate with a mound of curtido and thin tomato salsa poured over. Eat with your hands.

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Make it a meal

What goes with Pupusas: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Jeera rice30 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
On the side Curtido20 min
On the side Bhindi masala35 min
To drink Horchata15 min
To drink Agua de jamaica20 min
Something sweet Puran poli90 min
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