Sentences with phrase «nixtamalization process»

It's nice living in a place with some unique, delicious ingredients to cook with.:) The nixtamalization process is a process that has been used since the 1200's!!

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This process (called nixtamalization) removes the hull and germ from the kernel, effectively removing most of corn's toxic anti-nutrients and making it more digestible.

The process described here for preparing the corn is called «nixtamalization» and greatly enhances the nutritional profile of the corn.

This process (called nixtamalization) improves the nutritional value of the corn as well as its flavor and size.

Traditionally, the anti-nutrients in corn were handled with a special process called nixtamalization.

Once we have the corn in the U.S. we send it to an expert tortilla maker in Austin, TX, where the corn is transformed into masa, through the traditional Aztec process of nixtamalization.

Having tasted the pure joy of homemade corn tortillas from masa flour, I did a little searching and discovered, according to wikipedia, nixtamalization is a traditional process, maybe 3,000 years old, whereby corn is processed to create hominy and masa.