Chef Claudia Sántiz has become a star chef in Mexico while championing indigenous cooking techniques from her native community. Here's how she makes potato tortitas ...
Throughout October, Brut and EAT Foundation are sharing examples of the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet from around the world.
Throughout October, Brut and EAT Foundation are sharing examples of the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet from around the world.
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00:00In the communities, we don't have a lot of utensils, so what we do is do it with our hands.
00:13I come from an indigenous community called San Juan Chamula in the highlands of Chiapas.
00:19In fact, our gastronomy is much simpler, but that doesn't mean it's not delicious.
00:30For this recipe, we are going to use the botile bean flower.
00:45It is a bean that is used a lot in the highlands of Chiapas for ceremonies.
00:50Potatoes, carrots, onion, broccoli, pumpkins, chayote, green beans, arugula.
00:57Cilantro is going to be part of our torta.
00:59Whole pumpkin seeds, ground pumpkin seeds, a little milk.
01:14One of the biggest challenges I have had is to make society understand that we, as originaries,
01:24also have the ability to achieve great things.
01:28The only thing we need is for it to take on a color like this.
01:48I make a revolution with reference to my life because I want to be different.
01:51The kitchen got hooked to me when I was 17 years old and from there we didn't leave.
01:56Now, for example, they tell us, chef, how can I cook taloja?
02:01We like to know that we are putting our grain of sand to society,
02:08that we are making their list of most conscious ingredients.
02:12Well, let's make the sauce.
02:17And we are going to make our tortitas.
02:19The tortitas are ready.
02:21There are still many, many communities that are based on a more sustainable, healthy gastronomy,
02:30in a very local gastronomy, and in this gastronomy it is more like vegetarian.
02:36This sauce, in the community, my grandmother prepared it a lot.
02:40I mean, it even made my mouth water.
02:42It is a delicious, healthy dish and at the same time respectful to the planet
02:48because they are local ingredients.
02:50These healthy foods are available to everyone.