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Masa or masa de maíz (English: / ˈ m ɑː s ə /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a dough that comes from ground nixtamalized maize. It is used for making corn tortillas, gorditas, tamales, pupusas, and many other Latin American dishes. It is dried and powdered into a flour form called harina de maíz or masa harina.
A tamale, in Spanish tamal, is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves. [1] The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate.
After the end of subsidies dried masa harina flour was used, as dough mills lost their price advantage. [4] Dried masa harina keeps much better than prepared masa. To encourage the switch to dry masa harina, manufacturers such as Maseca offered credits to tortillerias to upgrade to equipment capable of processing masa harina. [5]
It’s tamale time. This Mexican comfort food has a long history and is an essential part of every major holiday, particularly Christmas. It’s also the perfect portable snack for holiday travelers.
A tortilla is made by curing maize in limewater in the nixtamalization process, which causes the skin of the corn kernels to peel off (the waste material is typically fed to poultry), then grinding and cooking it, kneading it into a dough called masa nixtamalera, pressing it flat into thin patties using a rolling pin, tortilla press or by hand ...
These dimpled masa-dough dumplings are wonderful with mole—or added to this herby, smoky soup.
In Mexico, families host tamaladas (tamale making parties) and get together to wrap tamales, bundles of corn masa (a dough made of maize, or corn) and stuffed with seasoned meat, pork, cheese ...
The dough is most commonly made of nixtamalized corn flour, as also used for tortillas, but can also be of wheat flour, particularly in northern Mexico close to the United States border. An old variant of corn gorditas uses masa quebrada (broken dough) where the cornmeal is coarsely ground, leaving bits of broken grain.