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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.
Cornmeal is a meal (coarse flour) ground from dried corn (maize). It is a common staple food and is ground to coarse, medium, and fine consistencies, but it is not as fine as wheat flour can be. [1] [2] [3] In Mexico and Louisiana, very finely ground cornmeal is referred to as corn flour.
Coarsely ground corn flour (meal) is known as cornmeal. [3] [4] When maize flour is made from maize that has been soaked in an alkaline solution, e.g., limewater (a process known as nixtamalization), it is called masa harina (or masa flour), which is used for making arepas, tamales and tortillas. [5]
Corn Flour. Don't confuse this flour with cornmeal or cornstarch. Whereas cornmeal is beloved for its gritty texture and cornstarch is a useful thickening agent, corn flour is a gluten-free flour ...
And a 100 gram serving of corn flour (which equals roughly 3/4 cup) contains about 77 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of fiber and 7.5 grams of protein. Is corn actually good for you?
Harina P.A.N. is used to make the maize flour dough also known as "masa de arepa" or "Masarepa", which is used to make Venezuelan dishes such as arepas, hallacas, empanadas, bollos Pelons, and several Colombian dishes. Harina PAN is commonly found in varieties made from white and yellow corn.
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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.