Taco Shells

Neha
Home made crunchy taco shells are excellent! you will never buy taco shells again! But be prepared to be the last one to have a chance to sit down and eat.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 4
Calories

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams maize flour
  • 100 grams wheat flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp carom seeds crushed
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • Hot water
  • 1 ltr oil for frying
  • Maize flour to dust the worktop

Instructions
 

  • Take 200 grams of maize flour and 100 grams of wheat flour through a sieve into a mixing bowl.
  • Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
  • Pour in some hot water,and start to knead.
  • Add more hot water and continue kneading until a smooth dough,the dough should have the consistency of modeling clay.
  • Then cut the dough into 10 equal sized pieces using a knife (or use a kitchen balance to weigh out pieces of about 50 grams).
  • Form small dough balls rolling the dough pieces between your palms.
  • Dust the working station with some maize flour and start to roll out the dough balls using a rolling pin,until thin and flat.
  • Use a bowl to cut out perfectly round sheets of dough.
  • Prick the dough sheets multiple times using a fork.
  • Heat up a pot or wok adding 1 โ€“ 1ยฝ liters of frying oil (carefully give a small piece of scrap dough into the oil, as soon as it bubbles and begins to foam, the oil is hot enough)
  • one by one carefully give the prepared dough sheets into the hot oil.
  • Gently turn once with the help of 2 kitchen spatulas as soon as they float to the oil surface.
  • Then fold 2 opposite sides of the Taco Shells with kitchen spatulas and keep on frying until the shape is hardened.
  • Then carefully lift the Taco Shells out of the oil, drain briefly.
  • Allow to cool completely on kitchen paper.
  • Ready to be used with any filling of your choice.

With ROTIMATIC

  • Take 200 grams of maize flour and 100 grams of wheat flour through a sieve into the flour bowl.Add crushed carrom seeds in flour bowl(optional)
  • Add 1 teaspoon of salt and Luke warm water to the water container .
  • Select settings Puri, Thickness:1,Roast:1,Oil:2.
  • Prick the puri sheets multiple times using a fork.
  • Heat up a pot or wok adding 1 โ€“ 1ยฝ liters of frying oil (carefully give a small piece of scrap dough into the oil, as soon as it bubbles and begins to foam, the oil is hot enough)
  • one by one carefully give the prepared dough sheets into the hot oil.
  • Gently turn once with the help of 2 kitchen spatulas as soon as they float to the oil surface.
  • Then fold 2 opposite sides of the Taco Shells with kitchen spatulas and keep on frying until the shape is hardened.
  • Then carefully lift the Taco Shells out of the oil, drain briefly.
  • Allow to cool completely on kitchen paper.
  • Ready to be used with any filling of your choice.
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