Nopal (prickly pear cactus ... and use them raw in salads or cooked in soups or tacos. When nopales are diced, they are referred to as nopalitos, which are said to resemble the texture of okra.

Where do they come from and how do you cook with them? A nopal is a cactus with wide, flat paddles called nopales and fruit called prickly pears. Although the cacti are native to the Americas ...