Cooking Traditional Recipes I encounter On My Travels
So this dish called SIKIL PAK I first tried at my girlfriend's house in the Yucatan, Mexico. It is a rich, slightly spicy dip or spread, containing ingredients native to Mexico, and eaten since pre-colombian times. It is perfect with fried tortillas or spread onto bread.
1 cup Pumpkin Seeds
1 Medium Roasted Tomato
1 Habanero Pepper
1 Tablespoon Epazote(or Cilantro)
2 teaspoons Salt
Blacken a tomato and a habanero pepper over fire, or in a hot pan. Turn until mostly black. Peel Skin.
Place tomato, pepper, epazote and pumpkin seeds in food processor. Blend until smooth, add salt.
Food is a very personal thing. As with all cooking, this should be tasted first and adjusted for salt-sour balance, and texture.
good post
Thank you. I'll be posting more about the food I encounter in Mexico shortly. And I hope to set up an online store to sell a few of the hard to find ingredients that I will source directly from the central market.