Everyone loves Tohono O’odham frybread. Not only is it delicious, but it is also diverse. It can be a sweet delicacy when it is topped with honey, powdered sugar, or cinnamon sugar. It can also serve as the base of more hearty foods like red chili or the Indian Taco when it holds beans, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese.
Sherrie Cruz of Sheri’s Traditional Foods will teach attendees how to prepare the dough, make the dough into small balls, heat the oil to the right temperature for frying, flatten out the dough, and safely place it into the hot oil to fry on both sides until the frybread is golden brown.
Sherrie grew up on the Tohono O’odham reservation in Santa Rosa Village. She learned to make frybread by watching her grandmother and mother make it and other traditional foods over the years. Today, she continues the tradition for her children and grandchildren and others by showing how to prepare this tasty bread.