A fun and filling DIY Mexican meal with the goodness of Mexcian Veggies,Ranch Dressings and Ranch Dressing
Think Mexican, think vegetarian Burritos/ Tacos / Enchiladas. The family loves Mexican Cuisine so we make it regularly at home. Yes, I agree the prep work is long, but with a veggie-loving family, its a great way to get kids to eat their weekly quota of veggies easily with Mexican Cuisine, don’t you agree?
What comes to your mind when you think about Mexican cuisine?
- How about a Mexican Sizzler?
- Esquites(warm Corn Salad)?
- Xnipec Salsa ?
- A Indo-Mexican fusion dish - Jain style Taco Bhel
- Red Bean Quesedilla
- Baked Cheese Quesedilla
- Nachos?
- A quick Baked Tortilla chips for a snack
Or ... Mexican Burrito?
Yes, today is a delicious Mexican Rice Wraps with Cumin Roasted Cauliflower, Salsa and Taco Ranch Dressing
Wraps are like a convenient one pot meal, Yes, 2 hours of prep time is demolished in minutes, but just consider the advantage - fewer utensils to clean up !
Huge Bonus there, isnt it ?
The advantage of these wraps are :
- Totally customisable with veggies / fillings of your choice
- Mess-free
- Drip free.
- Top / Fill in any condiment of your choice
- Any base of your choice - corn tortillas / flour tortillas etc.. I have even seen recipes with leftover chapatis / Indian flatbreads.
And, do pin this recipe and let me know how you liked it…
Lets get to the recipe:
PART 1 - THE LAYERS OF THE WRAP
Base 1 - Tortillas
Base 2 - Tomato Salsa (Recipe below)
Dressing - Taco Ranch dressing (recipe below!)
Topping 1 - Roasted Cauliflower (recipe below)
Filling 1 - Mexican Fried Rice with Jalapenos (click for recipe)
Filling 2 - Salad veggies
(A) To make the Tomato Salsa:
- Deseeded Finely chopped Ripe tomatoes - 1 cup
- Onions- 2 tablespoon (finely minced)
- Tomato sauce / Ketchup - 1 TBSP
- Salt, Pepper - to taste
- Finely chopped jalapeño / green chillies - to taste
- Lemon juice - 2 tsp
- Finely chopped coriander - 1 tsp
How to:
Mix all ingredients together, chill in a bowl to serve
PIN FOR LATER
(B) TACO Ranch Dressing:
- Hung Curd - 4 tablespoon ( you can sub with sour cream as well)
- Eggless Mayo - 2 TBSP
- Taco Seasoning - 1 TBSP
- Dried Garlic powder - ¼ tsp
- Chilli flakes to top
How to:
Whip together the mayo and the hung curd (or sour cream) with a few ice cubes. Add the seasoning and garlic powder. Mix well. Top with chilli flakes and serve. This dressing goes with anything from tacos to salads to grilled veggies (or chicken). Make a small batch and refrigerate till serving.
(C) Cumin Roasted Cauliflower:
- Medium Sized cauliflower - about 300 grams - cut into bite sized florets
- Rice flour - 3 TBSP
- Cumin powder - ½ tsp
- Piri Piri Masala - ½ tsp
- Pepper powder - ¼ tsp
- Chilli flakes - ¼ tsp
- Salt & pepper - to taste
- Oil - 3 tablespoon (split use)
How to:
- Blanch the cauliflower florets in mildly salted water for about 6-7 mins (or till 70% tender). I microwaved it for 8 mins.
- Drain all water and pat them dry.
- In a bowl, add the florets, rice flour, the spice powders and salt n pepper. Add half the oil and mix well.
- Let it marinate for 30 mins minimum
- In the meanwhile, preheat oven to 200 C.
- Add the remaining oil to the marinated cauliflower and slightly grease the baking sheet.
- Grill for 10-15 mins till slightly brown (you can roast them all the way through to golden brown, but I cut back a bit as my oven temp settings was cranky, so they look a tad pale)
PART 2 : How to assemble
- Take a Tortilla, apply the ranch dressing at the base. Add few tablespoon of Mexican Fried Rice. Top with salsa, roasted cauliflower, salad veggies and make a wrap. Top with more taco dressing if needed
- Customise the fillings / assembly process to suit your palate.
Priya Vj says
Loved every bit of the recipe you have posted. The roasted cauliflower looks really delicious. I would want to eat this right away
Mayuri Patel says
Love the idea of using roasted cauliflower for burrito with homemade ranch dressing. A delicious and filling meal to enjoy. When I first had a burrito years ago in Florida, I was so baffled as to why rice would be wrapped in a flatbread.
Priya Iyer says
Oooh, that's a delish burrito! I totally love the idea of using roasted cauliflower as a filling. The homemade ranch dressing sounds amazing too. 🙂
Priya Iyer says
That's a delicious burrito! I love the idea of using roasted cauliflower as a filling. The homemade ranch dressing sounds amazing too. 🙂
Priya Iyer says
That's one delicious burrito! I love the idea of using roasted cauliflower as a filling. The home-made ranch dressing sounds amazing too. 🙂
jayashree says
Lovely rice burrito, filling and tasty. It looks like a winner to me, yummy.
Swati says
I agree KAlyani that Mexican food needs a lot of pre-preparation but since everyone loves it and kids eat away the veggies in it happily.. it makes worth all the efforts.. so delicious!!
Rafeeda AR says
That is such a fully loaded burritto, so fulfilling during a hungry afternoon... So colorful!
CookwithRenu says
A good way to feed some cauliflower to the kids, they would love this wrap
Poonam Bachhav says
Such a filling wholesome buritto with roasted cauliflower and home-made ranch dressing ! Looks absolutely tempting !
Anu says
I never thought of adding cauliflower to my burrito. This looks so delicious and filling. Great idea.
Vasusvegkitchen says
Mexican rice burrito with cumin roasted cauliflower looks super tasty and sounds very interesting, I tasted & prepared very Mexican recipes. Loved your share for Mexican cuisine, like to try it for some time.
mildly indian says
Cauliflowers and ranch are a match made in heaven. With the kids going early, i do make a lot of wraps for them. So glad to see this as i can preprep these and be on the go.
preethi'scuisine says
Rice burrito with roasted cauliflower and ranch dressing is a delicious wholesome meal.Home made dressing is the best.
Sasmita says
Totally love the way you have seasoned the cauliflower kalyani here ! Very appealing and appetizing i am going to make as I am a cauliflower lover 😉
Narmadha says
This looks too tempting Kalyani. Mexican rice burrito with roasted cauliflower, veggies and dressing looks so delicious.
Kalyani says
Thanks Narmadha
Shobana Vijay says
Interesting and lovely dish Kalyani.These cumin roasted cauliflowers are really amazing and superb. It's delicious and yummy.
Kalyani says
it's indeed filling and yummy Shobhana.
Archana says
Now this mexican rice burrito was something my father-in-law was trying to tell me about. Apparently he has eaten and he will love it. Will try making it soon.
Kalyani says
that's cool that ur FIL likes it.. do make it..