Nixtamalization, a traditional Mexican process for making tortillas, consists of cooking maize grain in excess water and lime (calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)₂), at temperatures near boiling, followed by steeping.
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Nixtamalization
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Catalan
1 entries- nixtamalització noun (process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鹼法烹製 /碱法烹制 noun (process)
Dutch
1 entries- nixtamalisatie noun (process)
Finnish
1 entries- nixtamalisointi noun (process)
Korean
1 entries- 닉스타말화 noun (process)
Russian
1 entries- никстамализа́ция noun (process)
Spanish
1 entries- nixtamalización noun (process)
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