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Torpedo-shaped parcels of masa and wheat flour dough, stuffed with tinga, huitlacoche, chicharron or quesillo and deep fried until the shell shatters. A Puebla street standard, eaten hot.
The molote is Puebla's fried parcel: masa cut with wheat flour so the shell crisps rather than softens, rolled around a filling and dropped into deep fat. Tinga de pollo and huitlacoche are the two fillings that matter, the second only really available in the rainy months when the corn fungus is fresh. Antojitos Acapulco on 5 Poniente is the Centro address most cited for them, and Molotes La Ventanita on 10 Poniente sells nothing else at all. San Pedro Cholula runs a Feria del Molote every July on the Plaza de la Concordia, where twenty traditional cooks work the same shape in different directions.
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Antojitos Acapulco is a narrow 5 Poniente counter in Puebla frying molotes and pelonas, plus tacos de canasta, from mid-morning until eleven at night.
OrderMolotes with tinga, and a pelona while you wait for them to fry.
TipPelonas here cost around 30 pesos and are fried to order, so expect a short wait at the counter rather than a rack of them.
Molotes La Ventanita is a hatch on 10 Poniente in Puebla selling nothing at all but molotes, Monday to Saturday, until the masa runs out at eight.
OrderMolotes
TipA hatch rather than a shop, selling only molotes, and it closes when the masa runs out rather than at a fixed hour.
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