Pupusas Con Curtido (Masa Cakes With Spicy Slaw) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon oregano
2 chiles de arbol, crushed
1/2 large carrot, peeled and grated
1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
1/4 head green cabbage, shredded
kosher salt, to taste
2 cups masa harina
16 ounces grated monterey jack cheese

Preparation

Combine vinegar, sugar, oregano, chiles, carrots, onions, and cabbage in a bowl. Season with salt; toss; let chill.
Put masa harina and 1 3/4 cups water into a bowl; stir to form a dough.
Pinch off a 1 1/2 oz piece of dough; roll it into a ball. Pat dough into a thin disk.
Squeeze 1 1/4 oz cheese into a ball. Press cheese into center of dough; cupping dough, stretch edges of dough around cheese and seal.
Pat dough to form a 3 1/2\" wide disk. Repeat to make 12 pupusas in all.
Heat a 12\" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in 3 batches, cook pupusas, turning, until golden, 10-12 minutes. Serve hot with slaw.