The fundamental part of Mexican gastronomy is tortilla, with this we do a lot of dishes.
ORIGINS
Corn has been a very important element in pre-hispanic culture and gastronomy, Mayan people believed that we were made of corn, and there were gods of corn in the pre-hispanic Mesoamerican cultures.
There are proves of the beginning of the domestication of corn in Oaxaca in caves from Cuicatlán and Mitla.
Tortilla originated in the pre-hispanic time approximately in the year 500 b.C. In Oaxaca archaeologist have found clay slabs that are from that time.
After this the way that tortilla was made has been changing, from the incorporation of metal plates for the production of the circular tortilla to the machine that makes them.
Despite the fact that the machine does them, handmade tortillas are better by far.
WHAT DISHES HAVE TORTILLA?
Tortilla can accompany any thing or simply be a snack, the most famous dish that has tortilla are tacos, is well known in some parts of the world, but here I will present you some other dishes.
TACOS
The taco has been very famous, it has been shown in tv shows from other countries, a taco is basically a tortilla with something inside currently meat or grasshoppers.
GOLDEN TACOS
It is a variant from traditional taco, this tacos obtain they name from the color they get when they are fried, they consist of a taco filled with chicken, tomato and onion. Then the taco is fried and it gets like a tortilla chip
ENCHILADAS
There are different kinds of enchiladas and all of them have tortilla, they consist on tortilla chips with sauce, chicken, onion, creme and chesse.
QUESADILLA
This dish is native from Oaxaca because is a tortilla with quesillo inside like a taco but folded very well with the quesillo in the midle. Is usually eaten with sauce.
ENTOMATADAS, ENMOLADAS Y ENFRIJOLADAS
One more time tortilla is fried and is folded in a triangle, after that mole, mashed beans or tomato sauce is poured.
But this were only some examples, there are more dishes that have tortilla.
We have finished for today I hope you liked it and I hope you come the next friday for another post.
Sources: At the bottom of the spanish post.