How to Cook Masa Cakes With Cabbage Slaw

Yields: 8 cakes

Preparation time: 30 mins + 2 hours (inactive)

Cooking time: 30 mins

Ingredients needed to make Masa Cakes With Cabbage Slaw:

For the masa cakes:

• 2 cups masa harina
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 1/3 cup warm water
• Pinch of salt
• Vegetable oil, for required

For the cabbage slaw:

• 1 large carrot, grated
• ½ head cabbage, shredded
• ½ onion, thinly sliced
•  1 tsp red pepper flakes
• ½ tsp brown sugar
• ½ cup apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ cup water

Cooking instructions for Masa Cakes With Cabbage Slaw:

• For the cabbage slaw, toss the carrot, cabbage and onion together in a large mixing bowl until well combined.
• Pour the apple cider vinegar in another bowl and whisk in rest of the ingredients until they blend into a uniform mixture.
• Drizzle the dressing over the tossed veggies and give it a nice stir to mix well.
• Put a lid on and leave in the fridge for a couple of hours or until the masa cakes are ready to serve.
• Stir a dash of salt into the masa harina and pour in water while beating it into the mixture, until all of it is used up into the blend.
• Work them together with your fingers and knead it into a moist, smooth dough.
• Add a splash of water into the dough in case it tends to appear too dry or knead in more masa harina if the dough becomes a tad too sticky.
• Wrap it up in a clean kitchen towel and set aside in a bowl for about 10 minutes.
• Oil your hands lightly and pinch out 8 balls from the dough, each of about 2’’ wide.
• Poke a small depression into the centre of each ball and spoon a tbsp of grated cheese into the indentation.
• Wrap the edges of the dough around the stuffing and pinch the free ends together to seal.
• Shape the dough with your fingers into a round disc, of about ¼’ in thickness, making a point that the filling doesn’t come out.
• Make rest of the masa cakes in a similar manner.
• Drizzle a lashing of oil in a large skillet and heat it over moderately-high heat.
• Place the cakes on the hot skillet and fry each side for a couple of minutes or until it turns golden brown.
• Flip them over and cook the other side in a similar fashion.
• Serve warm masa cakes alongside the cabbage slaw.

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Last Updated on February 15, 2013 by