Real hand made tortilla (Mexican Food)

Making real tortillas includes grinding the "nixtamal" (dried field corn soaked in hot slaked lime and water). The lady uses a "metate", flat volcanic stone and grinding stone with both hands to get the "masa" dough. The dough is then pattered in a circular form, tossed a little and placed on the "comal", over the fire to get cooked. Once done they are placed in a basket. Enjoy a real tortilla, one at a time, not from powder, not form a machine. Haciendo tortillas a mano sin maquinas en Mexico.
Some slow motion.

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[entresaco]

no 100% original !!! she is using butane gas !!

[hectorfergo]

@entresaco it is about the tortilla, not the heat on the "comal"

[Chapulinazuladomx]

@entresaco

if you heat you cheesburger in the microwave, in the oven or on the grill, does it affects its originality?

no seas wey inche gringo come-hamburguesas! Estas son las originales tortillas de maiz hechas a mano en el comal.

La comida mexicana es patrimonio de la humanidad

VIVA MEXICO!

[NVRGVUPGA]

I think is awesome that the making of tortillas was handed down to this young girl from her mother or grandmother. That's a beautiful thing! We enjoy tortillas and I'm looking forward to making them from scratch.

[mismikabella]

METATE is the the item where the girl is grinning the corn dough. It is made of stone, very heavy and the item she uses to grind the corn dough is called MANO DE EL METATE ( metate's hand) My mom had one and we would drag it because no one could pick it up!

[mismikabella]

That girl looks so young! As a little girl I used to go buy the tortillas for our meal and the owner prepared the corn dough, old fashion way, and there was a huge "comal" grilled heated with wood, the women were around it making the torillas, some of them used a little tortilla maker the kind you put a ball of masa between plastic sheets and is pressed. Other women made them by hand.

[tisytisa]

Dit is de beste tortillas... vol van smaak!!!! Love them!!! En ze ruiken zo lekker!!! <3 <3..... I'm proud to be mexican!!! =D De las mejores tortillas!!!! Riquisimas!!!!

[daddyjankie]

THANK YOU AZTECS!!

[wildYvonne]

@montana1234cartel what the hell r u talking about...:S ur the new generation??...get outta here,,, go back to ur country u aint no new generation ur still a fucked up mexican...:SS u were born in the US and so what...? nd u talk bout filthy mexicans so ur parents must b that huh? damn discriminator talkin shit of ur own race...now thats nice...

[beneathyourlove]

My abuela makes them the same way but now she uses that machine that makes the masa flat, I honestly dont know whats it called. But anyways, homemade tortillas are always the best, and they smell so good too :D!

[MsJackkyy]

VIVA MEXICO!!!

[immantiat]

If you want more authentic than this you can take a bus till the end of the road and then walk to an isolated community where delivery trucks cannot bring butane. It is the same method, only changes the fireplace, in isolated areas, the fireplace y fed with charcoal or wood, and is inside the house. Mostly the same.

[lennyrosebud13]

love home made tortillas nice and fresh! store bought tortillas are not the same!