Garnachas Istmeñas

Try this delicious Garnachas Istmeñas you could not eat only one!. This dish is traditional and from the Istmo of Tehuantepec (Oaxaca). You will find in traditional restaurants of the town where also you can find Empanadas, tostadas, tlayudas. This is the way my mam prepare, it is delicious.. I hope you like it and prepare. with this you can try a bit of my beautiful town...💓💓💓😊.

Ingredients (5 Portions):

For dough of corn pancake:
2 Cups corn flour.
2 Tablespoon of wheat flour.
1 pinch of salt
Water as required.

For fill:
1/4 Minced meat.
1/2 Onion finely chopped.
Salt to taste.
Homemade tomato
sauce.
Vegeta stock powder.

Pickle Cabbage:
1/4 Cabbage.
500ml. of Water.
500ml. of Pineapple or
Apple vinegar.
1 Teaspoonful of salt.
Aged cheese.

How to prepare:

Since once day before you need to grate the cabbage and prepare putting in a container 500ml of water and 500 ml of pineapple vinegar, if you cant find pineapple vinegar, you can substitute using apple vinegar. Add a teaspoonful of salt and grated cabbage. Leave it rest for one day.

For dough of corn pancakes:

1. Put two cups of Corn flour in a bowl. Add 2 Tablespoon of wheat flour and 1 pinch of salt. Mix with hands and add bit by bit the water until get a pliable dough... not so hard.. not so soft, you will notice when ready the dough will not be stick on your hand.
2. Give it shape to the dough as you see on the video, don't do it so thick.
3. Put to heat a pan and when is hot add one by one the corn pancakes leave from 4-5 min each side. Review all the time if you see is not done on that time leave bit more time until ready, the color will change and will not be stick on the pan.
4. Cut the corn pancakes in the half and remove the dough of the middle, as you can see on the video. Should look like small plate.

For fill:

1. Put to boil the minced meat, leave until water evaporated.
2. Once ready put to heat oil in other pan.
3. Add the onion finely chopped. Fry and leave until transparent.
4. Add the minced meat previously boiled, let it fry until golden. Add salt to taste and vegeta stock powder.

Garnachas:

1. In a pan put to heat enough oil to fry the Garnachas.
2. Fill with meat the corn pancake already cut by the half.
3. Add it and fry for about 2 min or less, depend of how much crunchy you like. If you like not too much crunchy leave less time. when you fry, add the homemade sauce above the meat like you see on the video. If you want to see how to make the sauce you can see or read my recipe of ENTOMATADAS where I explain how to make it, this is the sauce I am using in the Garnachas, If you like you can add also chili to the sauce.
4. When already fry. You can put in a plate with paper to dry the excess of oil. traditionally you don't need to put in this.. you just serve as removing from pan. This garnachas to taste delicious should be serve at the moment you remove from pan. At that moment add the aged cheese and cabbage pickled to each garnacha.

That´s all.. Hope you enjoy your delicious and traditional Garnachas Istmeñas.