Chapulines

Chapulines refer to fried or rather roasted edible grasshoppers from Mexico, particularly from Oaxaca. It is made from edible grasshoppers fried/roasted with chili powder and with whole pieces of chili peppers. It is cooked on a Comal, which is a traditional clay roaster. Chapulines is one of the popular street foods in Oaxaca and it is also sold in the markets. It is said that the people of Oaxaca eat Chapulines as a daily snack food. Oaxaca seems to be the heartland of Chapulines and they are not available in all the states of Mexico.

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