Gorditas
Servings:
Ingredients
| Qty | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 4 cups | maseca |
| 1 tsp | salt( or to your liking) |
| 1 tbsp | baking powder |
| 3 cups | water (1/2 cup on the side to dip your hands) |
Preparation
- Put maseca into a large bowl
- Add salt and baking powder
- Mix water into masec a handful at a time, squeezing the mix between your fingers
- Roll the mixture into a ball an cut into 4 equal sized pieces
- Repeat step 4 with the 4 equal sized pieces
- Roll the 16 pieces into balls and flatten with a tortilla press into quarter inch thick rounds
- Stuff your selected goody and cheese and form into tamale like shape making sure all the seams are sealed
- Heat enough oil to almost cover 4-5 gorditas at medium until a drop of water quickly boils off
- Fry the gorditas 4 minutes per side, they should be just golden
- Enjoy