I absolutely love Mexican food, in particular soft tacos which I could eat until I enter a food coma!

I have never been carb free in my life(apart once in the 00’s when I tried Atkin’s diet for one week!), however I do try and minimise gluten intake as much as I can.

My recipe for Buckwheat tortillas is actually quite good ( recipe coming up soon) but it can be quite brittle and not as ‘bendy’ as I like my soft-shell Tacos to be.

I had heard a lot of positive things about the flavour and texture of plantain so I really wanted to try it and low and behold it was fabulous!

The taste is close to a potato bread but with more body to it. Unlike corn tortillas these are quite filling which means you consume fewer tacos which is always good for weight control!

I did a lot of reading and the common denominator in all blogs/websites/recipes is to use very green plantains.

They need to cook in water for anything between 25-45 minutes. I found extra cooking time doesn’t take away from the flavour or the texture but when undercooked it can result in a grainy and not a very pleasant tortilla.

So here it is! My recipe for plantain tortillas.

 

Plantain Tortilla

Preparation time: 20 minutes

cooking time: 25- 45minutes ( depending on the plantain)

Ingredients:

2 -3 Green Plantains (yields about 8 tortillas)

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 tea spoon of rapeseed oil

 

Method:

Cut the plantains with skin on and place in a pan filled with water and cook for 25-45 minutes. You can test the plantains  with a fork which should feel soft.

Once cooked , drain the  water ( they almost smell like cooked artichokes when cooked!).

When cooled , remove the skin and place the plantains into the food processor , add the salt and the oil. Blend/blitz until a paste forms.

Take a large spoonful of the paste and place it into a small freezer/Ziplock bag ( trust me they are to sticky to be rolled out any other way!

They roll out super easy . Once rolled out to 1/4 of an inch remove from bag.

Heat a frying pan or skillet and have it on low heat. Place the tortilla in pan. Cook for 3 min on one side and 2 min on the other side.

Voila ! they are ready to serve! you can cover them with cling film and refrigerate . but make sure you heat them up before serving as they are quite brittle when cold.

 

Enjoy!

Feel free to leave feedback and let me know what you think.

Polyphoods