NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes

Mesquite Cakes

Tribal Affiliation : ~ mostly I learned from Tohono O
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Suzanna ... who learned this from Gary Nabhan and Tohono O
Recipe Region : Plains ~ Plateau
Type of Dish : All Indigenous Ingredients

Ingredients

Some water, varies, enough to make a dough
1 cup whole wheat flour or corn meal
1/2 cup mesquite meal (fine grind, mesquite bean pods)
Some salt, maybe about 1/4 tsp.

Directions

Mix the mesquite meal, flour or corn meal, and salt together
Add water till you have a nice soft bread dough consistency.
Cover the bowl and let sit overnight.
Next day heat up a heavy cast iron griddle or skillet put in a bit of oil and spread it around.
Take a ball of dough (walnut size to tennis ball size depending on how big a cake you want) and roll it out on a corn-meal-dusted board to the thickness you like..
Cook till golden brown on both sides.
You can serve spread with honey, or you can roll it up with beans inside and call it a burrito.

Note: If you don't have any mesquite trees handy, you can get the meal online from Cocinadevega.com or desertusa.com