There are many delicious and simple Mexican food dishes that are vegetarian one of them is the famous potato taco. (If you are a meat-eater it may be worth checking out a few of the mexican chicken recipes instead) For four people you will need.

Filling:

• 6 medium potatoes boiled or baked
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons of whole cumin
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 jalapeño pepper deseeded and finely chopped
• salt and pepper to taste
• shredded cheese, lime, and coriander to garnish

Start by toasting the cumin seeds in a dry pan until they are brown and fragrant. Tip out of the pan and crush with a mortar and pestel, or release the flavour by rubbing the seeds between your fingers to lightly crush them. Wipe out the pan and pour in your oil. Over a medium heat, sauté your onions, after 3 minutes add the garlic, when the garlic becomes soft and fragrant, add in your chopped pepper. Cut your cooked and cooled potatoes into small cubes and add them to the onion mixtures, add in the toasted cumin and sauté over a medium heat until the mixture comes together, and the potatoes are slightly brown.These tacos are traditionally served in small and very fresh corn tortillas. In the UK these can be almost impossible to find and you have a couple of options:

1. Buy the packaged corn tortillas in the store, warm them according to the package and serve them stuffed with the filling. These can be truly awful.
2. Make flautas by filling the warm corn tortillas with the filling and shallow frying in oil.
3. serve in fresh flour tortillas which are more widely available.
4. make your own corn tortillas

For home made corn tortillas, you will need a special product called Masa Harina. Masa Harina is made from a special field corn which has been treated with lime and water and then dried. While I have seen recipes that substitute corn meal and white flour there is absolutely nothing comparable in taste to it. You can order it online in the UK from Mex Grocer. with the right product they are easy to make, if you can’t get Masa Harina, try one of the other options above. Enjoy!