FLAUTAS

Hola Mi Amigos!!!! 

We have a long weekend here in Canada. Its a civic holiday, so thought to make this long weekend special....

So this being Saturday night I have made a tempting, crunchy, crispy, cheesy flautas. 

What is Flautas???? 

Flautas is a Mexican food dish that typically consists of small tortilla that contains filling. Filling can be of your choice vegetarian or non-vegetarian. But our beloved blog Foodies Us is specially made up for sharing variety of vegetarian ercipes so I am sharing a vegetarian flautas recipe with you all. 

The dish is often topped with condiments such a sour cream or guacamole. Corn tortillas are usually used to make flautas. You can also use regular flour tortillas to make flautas although using corn is more traditional. 

Flautas are a crowd-pleasing Mexican dish that can be made many different ways.  "Flautas" is a Spanish word for "Flute". Once you go through the recipe details and know ow it is made you will know why. 

THE BASICS - Flautas are typically made with corn tortillas. They're stuffed with a filling that may include meat, chicken or potatoes with cheese and onions. The filling is usually spiced with additions like cumin, garlic, bay leaves, lime juice, cilantro and/or cayenne pepper. Filling flautas with potatoes is a traditional way to make them in Mexico. 

The filling is cooked on stove so the flavours meld together. The filling gets spooned along the center of each tortilla. Then they're rolled up tightly and can be secured with a toothpick. Each flauta is then fried or baked until golden brown and crispy.  

So today I am sharing a traditional Potato Flautas recipe with you all and lets get started........ 

FLAUTAS

Ingredients - 

• 8-10 corn tortillas
• 4 large potatoes - boiled
• 2 garlic cloves 
• 1 sp cumin powder 
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 
• Salt to taste 
• 2 tsp butter 
• 1 cup of fresh salsa (for salsa recipe you can check my salsa recipe on the blog) 

Recipe - 

1. Take the boiled potatoes in a bowl and mash them. 
2. Heat butter in a pan and add crushed garlic to it and add mashed potatoes to it. 
3. Add cumin powder and season with salt to taste, mix well and remove from heat. 

Pre - Heat oven to 180 degrees 

1. Microwave tortillas for 30 seconds 
2. Place the potato stuffing at centre of each tortilla and add cheese over the stuffing. 
3. Roll the warm tortillas tight and place them on a baking tray and bake them for 10-12 minutes or till the tortillas nice golden brown and crisp. 

How to serve Flautas????? 

Place the flautas in serving plate and garnish with sour cream, lettuce and salsa. Enjoy hot crispy flautas with chilled freshly made salsa and enjoy your weekend with your family and friends. 

Sharing pictures how to serve flautas in different ways -