Mexican green tomato

In Mexico, the tomatillo is also known as green tomato, militomate or skin tomato and is an essential ingredient in Mexican cuisine.

The scientific name of this fruit is Physalis philadelphica and it is a first cousin of the tomatoes known around the world. The tomatillo is the fruit of a plant of Mexican origin that grows in warm seasons, so in many regions of Mexico it can be grown throughout the year.

The fruit is round, between 2 to 5 centimeters, and is covered by a thin shell that protects it from environmental conditions. When the fruit ripens it acquires a yellowish green color and its surface becomes much smoother and sticky.

Tomatillos are a fruit with which Mexicans make stews and sauces, this is due to its sweet and sour flavor, which has an intensity similar to that of lemon, making it perfect to accompany spicy or grilled foods. Likewise, the acidity of the fruit allows to give an acid touch to stews. 

In Mexican gastronomy tomatillos are the main ingredient of countless sauces, but it is used in many dishes such as: caldo tlalpeño verde, pozole verde, mole verde, entomatados, asados, fried green tomatoes, tomatillo dressings, etc.

At Mexhaus.de we have a wide variety of tomatillos for you to cook your favorite dishes. We have tomatillos of all sizes for all cravings and we work as always only with the most trusted brands in Mexico and the world: El Mexicano, Carey and La Costeña.

For the small cravings we have the 380 g presentation, for the family cravings we have the presentations around 790 g and for the big cravings we have the 2.8 kg presentations.

Now if you have a craving and a little bit of laziness at the same time, we also have something for you... chopped tomatillos or ground tomatillos, excellent for a stew or sauce without so much work.

If you want to know a delicious and easy recipe to make a salsa verde, I invite you to check out our posts on salsa verde molcajeteada, and I also invite you to visit our sauces section where you can find a wide variety of sauces made with tomatillos! Let us know in the comments what is your favorite tomatillo salsa?