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Tortillas made from nixtamalized maize meal—masa de maíz— are the oldest variety of tortilla. They originated in Mexico and Central America, and remain popular throughout the Americas. Peoples of the Oaxaca region in Mexico first made tortillas at the end of the Villa Stage (1500 to 500 BCE).
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 chimichanga with rice. This is a list of tortilla-based dishes and foods that use the tortilla as a primary ingredient. A tortilla is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground corn or wheat flour that comes from Mexico and Central America and traditionally cooked on a comal (cookware).
The maize used for tortillas can be ripe and dry, but it is also consumed fresh and mature (maize), or soft and fresh (xilote). [6] Tortillas are consumed daily. Factory-made tortillas are widely sold, although they can easily be made at home. Tortilla production starts in the early morning as lunch is the main meal of the day for most people.
Tortillas are now not only made from maize meal, but also from wheat flour; home-made and store-bought tortillas are made in many flavors and varieties. Tortillas remain a staple food in Mexico and Central America, and have gained popularity and market share elsewhere. In the U.S., tortillas have grown from an "ethnic" to a mainstream food.
A sopaipilla, sopapilla, sopaipa, or cachanga [1] is a kind of fried pastry and a type of quick bread served in several regions with Spanish heritage in the Americas. [note 1] The word sopaipilla is the diminutive of sopaipa, a word that entered Spanish from the Mozarabic language of Al-Andalus. [9]
The main difference between the real quesadilla and the sincronizadas is the obligatory inclusion of ham in the dish and the main ingredient used to make the tortilla (wheat flour instead of corn flour, masa harina). [5] A quesadilla is made of a single folded and filled flour tortilla, while the sincronizada is prepared like a sandwich.
A gordita (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡoɾˈðita]; lit. ' chubby ') in Mexican cuisine is a dish made with masa and stuffed with cheese, meat, or other fillings. [1] It is similar to the Colombian and Venezuelan arepa.