Darting Family

Tacos in Thailand with Homemade Tortillas

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/07/cooking-class-flour-tortillas/

For all those wondering if we miss American food, the answer is yes. But we are coping well and adjusting by either buying American products that are expense or finding ways to make things homemade like I did on taco night last week. :-) We finally found tortillas at Rim Ping Supermarket; with a family of five, the 8 tortillas that we got in the package didn't last a week. I decided that I would try my hand in making homemade tortillas after asking on facebook for recipes (and I was too lazy to take a songtaew half way into town to buy more). The recipe I used is linked above by the wonderful cookers I adore, OurBestBites.

I found out after my third tortilla that the flattened dough must be VERY thin, paper thin or it will be doughy when you heat it up in the pan. Heat is key too. I guess a tortilla press would be a great purchase in my future if I'm wanting to continue having Mexican food here. I did let out a bunch of stress when pounding out the dough though. :-)

The wonderful thing about the tortillas is that you can freeze the dough if you don't want to make all of it. You will have fresher tortillas if you do that instead of making them all the way and freezing, which you can do if you like. As you can see my tortillas are not for company. It looks like a child played with playdough, learning to make circles. lol Maybe after trying again a couple times or getting a tortilla press I will invite guests over for tacos. Maybe White Chicken Enchiladas? Or Crispy Southwest Chicken Wraps? Yummy!