Parotas

Now this is real ‪‎vegan‬ ‪Mexican‬ food,
Parotas, my aunt brought them from Mexico,
a side of beans and fresh homemade salsa.
Parotas are seeds of a beautiful tree.
Read the information on the tree.
Also the wood is used to make beautiful furniture.
Authentic‬ Mexican food is not full of meat,
in the center and south of the country we eat a lot of plants
‪Eat a tree, eat plants, save animals & our planet!

Parotas, beans & salsa = heaven!

Parotas

Tree named Guanacaste, Caro Caro, or Elephant-ear tree

Seeds resemble an elephant ear

Seeds boiled

Parota or Guanacaste wood

the recipe close-up

as nicely asked by mr. hugh
in this post
http://bereweber.blogspot.com/2007/11/kitchen.html

here a close-up of the recipe
{please click on the photo for a real close up and full-in detail}



it is actually a "Menú"
with the list of mexican dishes
i cooked for my best friend (aka Perro) parents
when they came to San Diego 2 years ago

this dirty piece of paper has been hanging on my fridge
since then! i haven't detach it just 'cause the recipes
are good and the menu came out a success

the Menu included
(images from Google as we ate it all
without pix
1. Ensalada de Nopales
(yes Nopales are those cactus we mexican so much love!)
2. Tinga de Pollo
3. Salsa roja de Tomate
4. Tortillas (fresh-made! ahhh)
i love making fresh hand-made tortillas
5. Agua de Jamaica

it was a nice surprise that mr. Hugh would ask about it!
thank you for your attention to detail

and i know you like Pablo Neruda so you might read a little Spanish?
and this text is in Español as well, so you might be able to re-create
the dishes!... or I can always translate them into English recipes
if requested

the whole menu took about 1 1/2 hr which is not long at all!
for all the dishes we had...