This platter gives a glimpse of the complete Mexican meal and has all the staple stuff. Mexican rice is accompanied by chocolate and peanut mole, Veracruz fish and guajilo lamb. The significant flavours and ingredients of Mexican cuisine, be it the assortment of chillies, peanuts or chocolate, are introduced here.
White Mexican rice
Ingredients
300 gms rice
1 onion
2 pods garlic
Method
Soak and rinse the rice. Sautee onion and garlic, and then add the rice to it. Add enough water and cook the rice.
Chocolate mole
50 gms raisins
70 gms pasilla chilli
70 gms ancho chilli
70 gms guajillo chilli
70 gms chipotle chilli
50 gms peanuts
2 banana
150 gms chocolate
1 slice bread
2 pieces tortillas
50 gms sesame seeds
200 gms tomato
70 gms green chilli
4 onions
1 tbsp garlic
Half a handful coriander seeds
4 cloves
1 whole chicken
Half a litre chicken stalk
50 gms pumpkin seeds
Method
Soak all the chillies, banana, garlic and onion and then blend them. Roast the tomato, sesame, pumpkin seeds, coriander seeds and peanuts. Blend all the ingredients. Once everything is well-blended, including the chocolate, add all of them together and keep on stirring until a smooth texture appears. Spread out the mole on boiled chicken.
Veracruz fish
Ingredients
160 gms basa
Half kg tomato
100 gms onion
50 gms garlic
2 green chilli
Half a handful parsley
5 olives
10 gms of each colour peppers
Half a tbsp olive oil
1 jalapeno
Method
Boil tomato, chilli, coriander, onion and blend them. Add olive oil to fry the sauce in and add the fish. Once fried, add the juliennes of peppers and sliced olives, as well as sliced jalapeno.
Guajillo lamb
Ingredients
Half kg lamb
80 gms guajillo chilli
1 onion
2 garlic
Method
Guajillo chilli is sometimes available at the INA market, if not use a dry large Indian chilli. Soak and then blend them. Cook lamb in the pressure cooker and then mix the guasjillo chilli base and cook together.
Peanut mole
Ingredients
300 gms peanuts
Half kg tomato
100 gms chilli
Method
Roast peanuts and tomatoes, soak the chillies and blend all together, until the mix has a silky texture. You can have it with vegetarian or non vegetarian items.
