corn tortilla

Taco shell base

A corn tortilla is a thin, flat, unleavened bread made from masa—ground corn treated with lime.

It's a staple of Mexican and Central American cuisine, used for tacos, enchiladas, and tostadas: I prefer corn tortillas to flour.

Corn tortillas have a distinctive earthy flavor and slightly grainy texture.

cuisine

taco

Filled, folded flatbread

chilaquiles · flauta · sopes · huarache · gordita · taquitos · nachos · fajita · burrito · chalupa

maize

masa

Nixtamalized corn dough

  • hominyAlkali-processed dried kernels
  • kernelSeed or essential core
  • huskDry seed covering

cal · lime · metate · comal · pressing · grinding · dough · aroma

flatbread

arepa

Latin American cornmeal flatbread

  • pupusaSalvadoran stuffed griddle cake
  • tostadaFried flat tortilla dish
  • pitaHollow Middle Eastern bread

naan · chapati · roti · injera · lavash · gordita · huarache · crêpe · lefse · bannock

staple

sustenance

Means of living

dietary · essential · everyday · peasant food · affordable · filling · versatile · traditional · ancestral · household

Categories
Opposites
grain/flour base

corn tortillaflour tortilla

Thin wheat flatbread

whole wheat tortilla

flatbread tradition

corn tortillanaan

Leavened tandoor-baked flatbread

pita · roti · lavash · chapati · paratha

Family

corn, popcorn, tortilla, cornmeal, tortillas, cornbread, kernels, cornstarch, corncob

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G