i would love some help with tortillas?

Question

is there a way to make any tortillas with no oven. I really want some mexican food, i live in china i cant buy any so i need to make some, do i need an oven for those tortilla wrap things or tortilla chips. your help would be great and a recipe too.

Answer 1

you don't need an oven, but you do need a cook top, like a hot plate, or electric skillet, or stove top, gas or electric; and a griddle or heavy bottomed flat frying pan.

To make flour tortillas, you need the same ingredients in the same proportions as biscuits, two cups flour, a third of a cup shortening or lard, a half tsp or salt to taste, and about 2-3 tsp baking powder. Mix the dry ingredients together, then rub in the shortening or lard with your fingers. Add lukewarm water while stirring, until your dough clings together in a ball. Knead the dough about 10 minutes, more or less, until it is smooth and elastic, about the texture of your earlobe. Let it rest, covered, at least a half an hour. Pull off tennis ball size chunks of dough, and roll them into ball shape; put back in bowl. Take them out one at a time, flatten them into a disk with the palm of your hand on a floured surface. Roll out into a circle about 8" around, stretching the dough with your rolling pin as you go. Pick it up and stretch it a little with your hands and turn it over once or twice, it will make it easier to roll it thinner and less likely to stick to the board. Heat your griddle over medium heat until water sprinkled on the surface dances. Put your rolled tortilla on it, wait until the first few bubbles appear on top. Turn it over, and cook the other side for about a minute; more bubbles will appear. If you have a second burner, turn it on medium low, and put the first side of the tortilla over the flame for 10 or 20 seconds. This encourages more bubbles to form, and gives a good flavor. Put on a towel or napkin on a warm dish, cover, and continue in the same way until all the balls are used up. It takes a little practice, so don't give up the first time you try it. As you do it, you will see how long it takes for your particular stove and griddle, and exactly when to turn your tortilla. My first batch had hardly any bubbles, but they tasted good. After a few more tries, I figured out how to fine tune the process and get light tortillas almost every time. Make sure your dough is soft enough to roll easily without being too sticky. That's another thing you get with practice. The amount of water you need changes with the age of the flour and the humidity where you are, so its an inexact measurement that you will learn as you go. Have fun!

Answer 2

You don't need an oven, a cast iron flat skillet, called a comal, is what is normaly used but you honestly don't even need that. Just throw the tortillia on the burner on low and flip it. You can do it on the grill too, all you need is the heat it on both sides. Tortilla chips are already fried. You might have to go online and either look up recipies to make your own tortillias or buy them online.

Answer 3

No oven? I had no idea that in such a booming economy something as basic as an oven would not be available especially when you you have a computer. Just my suggestion, why not try a trade, the computer for something a little more practical if you can only have one.

Answer 4

no, you don't need an oven. just a pan, or those things you heat up tortillas with. i forgot hat they are called. good luck.

Answer 5

Never use an oven. What do you have?

Answer 6

I don't know where you live but a crepe pan will do in a pinch.

Answer 7

akll you need is an electric skillet or a hot plate, as long as it can get hot enough.