Masa

 

Masa
Tarihi
Asali	Najeriya

ko masa de maíz (Turanci: /ˈmɑːsə/; furcin Mutanen Espanya: [ˈmasa]) gurasar ce da aka yi daga masara mai laushi. Ana amfani da shi don yin tortillas na masara, gorditas, tamales, pupusas, da sauran Abincin Latin Amurka.es

An bushe shi kuma an foda shi cikin nau'in gari da ake kira harina de maíz ko masa harina . Ana sake gina Masa ta hanyar gauraya da ruwa kafin amfani da shi a dafa abinci. A cikin Mutanen Espanya, Mass yana fassara kawai zuwa "mai tauri" kuma gari yana fassara zuwa "gurasa", amma sunan masa harina ba ya bin harshen Mutanen Espanya kuma kalmar ba ta wanzu a cikin Mutanenaniya.

Ana bushe hatsi na gonar sannan a bi da shi ta hanyar dafa hatsi mai tsufa, mai wuya a cikin wani bayani mai narkewa na lemun tsami (calcium hydroxide) ko toka na itace sannan a bar shi ya tsoma na sa'o'i da yawa. Ana wanke masara da aka tsoma sosai don cire dandano mara kyau na alkali. Wannan tsari shine nixtamalization, kuma yana samar da hominy, wanda aka niƙa a cikin gurasar da ta bushe don ƙirƙirar sabo masa. Za'a iya sayar da sabon masa ko amfani da shi kai tsaye, ko kuma za'a iya cire ruwa kuma a haɗa shi cikin foda don ƙirƙirar masa gari, ko garin masa.

Lime da ash suna da alkaline sosai, wanda ke taimakawa rushewar hemicellulose, babban ɓangaren mai kama da glue na bangon tantanin masara, kuma yana sassauta ƙwayoyin daga ƙwayoyin kuma yana taushi masara. Wasu daga cikin man masara suna rushewa zuwa magungunan emulsifying (monoglycerides da diglycerides), yayin da haɗin sunadarai na masara ga juna kuma yana sauƙaƙewa. Divalent calcium a cikin lemun tsami yana aiki azaman wakili mai haɗawa don furotin da polysaccharide acidic gefe sarƙoƙi.

Canje-canje na sunadarai a cikin masa suna ba da damar samar da gurasar, kuma suna ba da izinin gina jiki na niacin ta hanyar narkewa. Sabanin haka, naman masara da ba a kula da shi ba zai iya samar da gurasar a kan ƙarin ruwa ba, kuma abincin da ya dogara da amfani da shi yana da haɗari ga pellagra.

Sauran amfani

Ana iya kiran samfurin ƙasa masa nixtamalera . A cikin abincin Amurka ta tsakiya da na Mexico, ana dafa masa nixtamalera tare da ruwa da madara don yin abin sha mai kama da gruel da ake kira Atol. Lokacin da aka yi shi da cakulan da sukari, ya zama atole de cakulan. Ƙara Anise da piloncillo ga wannan cakuda yana haifar da champurrado, sanannen abin sha na karin kumallo.

Dubi kuma

• Gurasar masara