Popular foods include meat dishes flavored with sauces, corn tortillas, beans, rice and chili. Corn meal is used to make tortillas, pancakes cooked on a griddle. Most Mexicans like their food flavored with hot chili. Mole is a popular sauce, made with chocolate, spices and peppers. Tacos are folded tortillas with a variety of fillings Enchiladas are filled, rolled-up tortillas, covered with a mild or spicy sauce.
Tostadas are tortillas fried until crisp, served with beans, meat or cheese.
Atole is a souplike corn dish. Tamales are ground spicy meat rolled in cornmeal dough, wrapped in banana leaves or corn husks and steamed.