The Homemade Hard Taco Shells Recipe
Total Time: 30 minutes
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients:
- salt
- flour (maida)
- makki ka atta (yellow corn meal flour)
- sunflower oil
Instructions:
- To begin making the Homemade Taco Shells Recipe, we will first preheat oven to 180 C
- Place top rack of oven on middle level and line bottom rack with a drip tray or even foil
- Sieve the makki ka atta flour, maida and salt together in a deep bowl
- Add oil and little warm water at a time and knead into a stiff dough
- Divide the Taco dough into 15 equal portions
- Roll out a portion into a 4 inch diameter circle by dusting in maida while rolling
- Once rolled, prick the taco dough with a fork
- This will prevent it from puffing
- Next drape the corn taco on the baking grill rack
- They will spread over two rows of the grill rack
- Once you have arranged all the tacos in the grill rack like shown in the picture, place them in the oven
- Bake for 7 to 10 minutes until you see the taco are crispy and lightly browned
- Keep a watch on the taco as each oven acts differently
- Mine turned over brown the first time I made
- So monitor till you understand how the oven behaves with the taco
- Once done, remove the Hard Taco Shells from the oven and allow it to cool completely
- The Taco Shells will continue to harden while it cools down
- Serve the Hard Taco Shells along with Baked Beans, Salad, Refried Beans, Chilli Paneer, Chicken Tikka Filling & more