Masa Pupusa

I discovered pupusas when i was in santa fe.
Masa pupusa. A pupusa is a stuffed salvadorian flatbread with a crispy masa outside and a cheesy inside. Pupusas are an easy flatbread made from masa harina that get stuffed with cheese or refried beans or both. Lindos en este tutorial les muestro como amasar la masa para pupusas. If you are able to get fresh masa definitely use it instead.
Mix flour salt and water. What is in pupusas. Traditionally they are served with a cabbage relish that brings it a bit of an acidic. One pound will make about 4 to 6 pupusas depending on size.
Instead of using a pre made tortilla i made the dough using masa flour and shaped it with my hands. We went to the farmers market and that is where i saw blue masa cakes cooking on a griddle and oozing beans and cheese. Flatten to 1 4 inch thick. Pueden ser exactos y tomar medidas de los ingredientes o pueden hacerlo con calculo.
The flavor will be much fresher. I learned while making these the key is to keep the dough moist. I have lots of photos of the process in the recipe below. These delicious masa cakes or tortillas are usually stuffed with cheese but also beans and chicharron not the usual fried pork skin but a roasted pork that they call chicharron there.
How to make pupusas. Masa carina corn flour is the main ingredient and makes these taste so good. Masa harina is made from a dried masa and corn that is treated with a solution. This solution consists of lime and water and is knows as slake lime.
The best snacks are crispy and cheesy and pupusas satisfy both of these requirements. This recipe uses masa harina a special dried cornmeal flour used in making tortillas tamales etc. What is a pupusa. Pupusas can be filled with a variety of different savory fillings like cheese beans beef pork or veggies.
Flatten the dough and put 1 tablespoon refried beans and sprinkle with cheese. A pupusa is a delicious corn masa flatbread and the national dish of el salvador it is filled with one or more flavorful ingredients and served with curtido cabbage slaw and salsa. My family loves the delicious simplicity of bean and cheese pupusas. Just substitute the masa harina and water with fresh masa.
Layer and enclose pupusas. A pupusa is a traditional salvadoran dish of a thick corn tortilla stuffed with a savory filling. Masa harina is very popular in many latin american recipes and translated it means dough flour and it is found in tortillas tamales pupusas and other popular dishes.