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masa

/mah-suh; Spanish mah-sah/US // ˈmɑ sə; Spanish ˈmɑ sɑ //

马萨,马沙,马莎,马撒

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Mexican Cooking.

    • : flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.

Examples

  • In its nixtamalized form, it’s most often used to make masa for tortillas.

  • Marked by its particularly juicy kernels, its flavor has historically been prized when making masa, the flour used to prepare tortillas.

  • Any time of the day here is good to try tayoyos, an oval-shaped cake made of masa and stuffed with beans and avocado leaves.

  • When he signed his contract with MASA, he signed away the opportunity to visit the West Bank.

  • They want to explain to other MASA students why, exactly, Naftali Bennett was so bad.

  • Un ydolo de masa, de una masa que llaman tzoally, la cual se hace de semilla de bledos y maiz amasado con miel.

  • Beneath the suspended calabashes was placed a small table containing piles of tortillas and calabashes of masa and water.

  • Two more tutiua were next made, and lastly all the masa and sikil left were mixed together with a few ounces of salt.

  • The masa was taken from the large to the small shed, where the priest and several male members of the family sat around it.

  • Giuseppe La Masa bound to a stick a white pocket-handkerchief, a red one, and a green ribbon, and waved the three Italian colours.