| Mexican food in Mexico often bears very little | | | | to garnish the dish are the Mexican flag colors. Use |
| resemblance to the Mexican food recipes that you | | | | mild chili peppers or even bell peppers if you really do |
| might find in the United States. Mexico is so huge that | | | | not like spicy food. |
| there are lots of regional differences and what a | | | | What you will need: |
| Mexican family might eat for dinner in Veracruz might | | | | - 1/4 chopped onion |
| be completely different to a typical Mexican meal | | | | - 6 big, fresh green chili peppers |
| served in the Yucatan. | | | | - 3 garlic cloves |
| In the Puebla area, traditional Mexican recipes include | | | | - 1/2 teaspoon sugar |
| mole sauce, which is a thick, spicy and herbal sauce | | | | - 3/4 cup sour cream |
| containing chocolate, which is poured over turkey or | | | | - 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or lard |
| chicken. Oaxacan chefs like to add bananas to their | | | | - 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted almonds |
| mole sauce and they use cinnamon to make a typical | | | | - 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts |
| Oaxaca coffee. Oaxaca's cuisine is similar to the | | | | - 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon |
| traditional Mexican foods you find in Puebla. | | | | - Seeds from a pomegranate |
| Fruity sauces are more popular in the Yucatan region, | | | | - Chopped bunch of fresh parsley |
| with oranges being very popular to make sauces for | | | | - 3 eggs |
| fish and meat. Food in this area is sometimes served in | | | | - 2 tablespoons raisins, soaked for 20 minutes in warm |
| a banana leaf, instead of on a plate. | | | | water |
| Veracruz is near the sea, so fish and seafood are | | | | - 1/4 teaspoon cumin |
| often served for lunch and dinner there, either in stews | | | | - 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg |
| or salads or grilled whole and served with a sauce. | | | | - 1/2 lb ground beef or ground pork |
| Fish is used as a taco filling along in this region, and | | | | - 1 chopped, peeled, cored apple |
| served with olives, chilies and tomatoes. | | | | - 1/4 cup evaporated milk |
| Making authentic Mexican food recipes, as opposed to | | | | - Salt and black pepper, to taste How to make it: |
| the Tex Mex style of food you might be more | | | | Roast the green chilies, and then remove the seeds |
| accustomed to eating in Mexican restaurants north of | | | | and skin. Warm the lard or oil in a pot over a moderate |
| the border, means that you can try traditional Mexican | | | | heat, then brown the meat. Add the apple, cinnamon, |
| foods that Mexicans enjoy eating. Whether you prefer | | | | onion, almonds, garlic, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, pepper |
| fish, meat, poultry, vegetarian food or a combination, | | | | and cumin and cook for five minutes. |
| the enormous range of Mexican foods and Mexican | | | | Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then |
| cooking styles means there is something for | | | | fold in the yolks and a little salt. Dip the chilies in this egg |
| everybody. | | | | mixture, and then saute them until they are tender and |
| Recipe for Chiles en Nogada | | | | golden brown. Stuff each chili with the stuffing mixture. |
| This delicious recipe is often served on Mexican | | | | Combine the sugar, walnuts and sour cream and pour |
| Independence Day and it consists of stuffed green | | | | this over the hot chilies. Sprinkle the pomegranate |
| chilies in a walnut sauce. The green of the chilies, white | | | | seeds over the walnut sauce and serve hot. |
| of the sauce and red of the pomegranate seeds used | | | | |