Tortilla de maiz

corn tortilla

In north america, a corn tortilla or just tortilla (, spanish: [toɾˈtiʝa]) is a type of thin, unleavened flatbread, made from hominy, that is the whole kernels of maize treated with alkali to improve their nutrition in a process called nixtamalization. a simple dough made of ground, dried hominy, salt and water is then formed into flat discs and cooked on a very hot surface, generally an iron griddle called a comal. a similar flatbread from south america, called an arepa (though arepas are made with ground maize, not hominy, and are typically much thicker than tortillas), predates the arrival of europeans to america, and was called tortilla by the spanish from its resemblance to the trad...

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