Home made tortillas with Masa Harina

I have never been to Mexico, so these tortillas might not be "atuthentic" Mexican style, but they are damn good anyways! I read online that tortillas are made with Masa Harina. Before February I had never even heard of that stuff. Masa Harina is a special corn flour traditionally used in mexican cooking.

Now for some unexplainable reason all store bought ready tortillas in Finland are made with wheat flour. Even those that say "Corn Tortillas". Which of course makes perfect sense. (Not!) With the exception of Patrona, all Tex Mex/ Mexican restaurants in Helsinki serve wheat tortillas.

I also read online that Masa Harina can be found in eco stores, or online. My first choice was Aitokauppa, however they had never even heard of Masa Harina.

Finally I found Cool Chile Masa Harina flour from Ruohonjuuri in Kamppi. There's two ways of making the tortillas. One is easier, the other tastes better (of course!). The easy way is to use hot water, in order to process the dough it needs to be warm. However the tastier way is a recipe below.

Recipe

5,5 dl  Masa Harina
2 dl Bulgarian yoghurt

1,5 tbs olive oil
1 tsp salt
1,5 tsp baking powder

1.  Mix all ingredients together and start working the dough. You can't use a food processor because the key here is the heat from your hands. Work the dough for at least 10min, the longer the better. 
2. Divide the dough into pieces (this recipe makes about 6 larger tortillas or 12smaller)
3. Keep working each piece with your hands until it feels clay like and elastic.
4. Put the piece on to a baking sheet and spread it out. It is usually easiest to put it in between two pieces of baking sheet and use a roller/or hands.

 Heat up a pan and put one tortilla at a time in the pan. Don't remove the baking sheet.

Flip the tortilla over after about 3-4min, and then flip it once more 3-4min later. Then the tortilla will start to puff up.

 Keep tortillas heated by wrapping them in a warm, moist towel. For filling you can put whatever you like! Below are some tips.

Corn

Chicken with Taco Spice, red and yellow peppers

Chopped Cucumber salad with spring onions and a splash of lime juice

Salsa

 I also love guacamole! A great guacamole recipe is below, the same I used for my Superbowl Nachos'.  For this version of guacamole, I also added some chopped cilantro.

Guacamole

2 Ripe avocado's

1 garlic clove

1/2 lime