These are some of the best videos. No expensive camera, no fancy kitchen, no fat guy in a robe who claims to be a chef. Just a man & his hands passing on a skill.

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I try to be informative, but I definitely don't have the budget or time to do anything fancy.

Just to let you know I followed your recipe to the " T"...worked absolutely perfectly. Last time I had tortillas like this was in Oaxaca in the 80's. The washing process was much more involved. The tip I was given while in Mexico was to test the corn after 24 hrs and 4 rinses, if there is the slightest " burn" on the lips, you need to keep rinsing even though the water may be clear. Thanks for sharing that " magic", its nice to have it back at home again. Suerte y agradecido!

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

That's a good tip about the burn. You definitely want to get excess lime out. I usually wash in the morning, and then let it sit in water all day and make the tortillas for dinner the next evening. I wonder if that's equivalent of doing a few extra washes?

@edfoley575

3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@sophied4031

2 жыл бұрын

What a brilliant and useful comment you've left here - thank you!

This is the most thorough video on hand patting I’ve seen. They come out so much more moist that with a press!

@telejeff

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! They come out more moist, and we've also found out that the bumps from hand patting form tiny contact points with the pan that keep it from stickig or bubbling up from underneath--the flat surface of a tortilla-pressed disk tends to stick more to the pan and form a seal that creates a bubble underneath.

This is the only true from- scratch how-to tortilla videos on youtube- thank you!

Purple / blue corn is important. The blue color is a substance called flavanol, which is essential for many biological processes, like forming memories. It's the same as is found in blueberries. As a person with a not so good memory I can attest to the fact that eating foods with flavanol seems to have a significant difference in my memory. Many of our foods once had flavanol, like purple cabbage and corn, but we breed them out because companies thought the yellow and green colors were more appealing to consumers. Thanks for this vid, this is exactly what I was looking for.

@sheryliheanachor2953

4 жыл бұрын

Why? It hurts me to find out that food is no longer 100% real ..no matter the culture! Now I'm awake ...Stores know that they are selling rubbish. SMH

@wilsons2882

4 жыл бұрын

everything primal and natural is important.

@marisolcorona9728

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Primal thank you for the facts, very interesting!

@marisolcorona9728

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, thank you so much for taking the time and explaining with details. I don’t know how I missed this video for so long, can’t wait to try my first batch of tortillas:)

@ogadlogadl490

4 жыл бұрын

Purple was the original color of carrots. There are purple potatoes and interestingly purple yams that The blue zone people of Okinawa eat in large quantities.

We made these following your video step by step. They turned out a little to thick, but my husband loved them. I will use more water next time to thin out the masa to make them thinner. It was fun as we did the whole process together.

@telejeff

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the story, I'm glad to have played a small role in it!

Wow my goal has been to make as much of my family's food from scratch ....I'm going to give this a go,Thank you

@telejeff

9 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. Tell me how it works out for you!

the original color of corn is actually purple... I am Nicaraguense/Mexican and I love those tortillas!!

You make these look so easy and I am certain it is after a bit of practice. You're amazed for sharing this unadulterated method of preparation. We all need it now more than ever! Thank you!!! ❤️

Those are the most beautiful tortillas I've ever seen.

Outstanding video. I always wondered how to make masa from scratch. Wonderfully presented as well. Thank you!

That was amazing! One of the best vids I've seen on corn tortillas. Thank you so much!

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm so glad you enjoyed!

Absolutely awesome, the whole process is the best explanation I've seen, and I'm Costa Rican and been taught by my aunt's. Congrats. I finally understand. Thank you.

@telejeff

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and I'm glad it was useful!

I've watched a number of videos on how to do tortillas from scratch and went to Bob's Red Mill store a couple of days ago to obtain their non-GMO dent corn. It is bubbling away on the stove but I got confused about how long to cook. Your explanation of this along with every other part of this video cleared up all my questions. I also want to make posole and tamales. I saw your explanation on the difference for tamale dough and I have home-rendered pastured lard for that project. I'm excited that I now have enough information to be successful. Thank you so much for all your work on this!

@telejeff

9 жыл бұрын

Great! I hoped it worked out well. All of those things, tortillas, tamales, and pozole are better with home-prepared corn. It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Wow! You have developed skills like an expert cook of S America and India where some flat breads (roti) are also rolled using hands.

Finally! After looking for weeks, I found your video. Thank you so much

Just fantastic to watch...thank you for taking the time to put this video together!

I had to watch this again the video was so good, thank you can’t wait to try it

Can't wait to try this, I feed scratch and peck to my chickens and must say I really like it and so do they. My mom has made homemade tortillas but it was always with premade masa from a bakery around the corner of where we used to live, can't believe it never crossed my mind to ask my feed store to order some corn for me to try my hand at making them. Also my mom always used a wood tortilla press to make them as well, and my girlfriends mom would make them with beer bottles as a roller LOL or press them by hand like that. My mom would only make them without the press when making gorditas or sopes. Oh man, Eating them homemade was always the best...

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

+Jose Zamarripa The nicaraguan style ones are thicker, more like gorditas, so that makes sense. The press seems better for making thin, mexican-style tortillas, which are also good. You can also set a big, flat pan on top of the tortilla to flatten them.

Minute 14... the clue to avoid the surface of the tortilla (as you showed with the yellow corn tortilla), is to make put the disk on the pan, then, just waith the the edges begin to dry up; it's cooking, don't wait long, just try to lift it, if it is not stuck on the pan, it means that is ready to flip it on the other side, then continue watching, when the lower side is getting golden, you flip it again. Avoid flipping too often, that's the secret. Yet, mexican tortillas are usually thin..Thanks! nice video and amazing your learning. thumbs up!

A true labor of love. They look so delicious. I am just beginning to make tortillas from scratch. Made my first batch just 2 days ago and they were wonderful. This here is a magnitude higher of time, skill, and love. That is a beautiful thing. As my skills grow, I will look to this video as a goal to achieve. Thank you so much for posting.

I just bought a corn tortilla press for under 20 bucks, including shipping on ebay. Thanks for the demo.

Seme antojaron !they look so soft and delicious. Finally I found the authentic recipe....thank you!

thanks for the great video . love the idea. everything fresh at the source. inspiring and grounding. treat the amazing corn the universe gave man with respect

Beautiful! Thank you for showing us how all the process is done. Just like my grandma used to do in Mexico :) Gracias!

@telejeff

5 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed!

Since I visited Mexico for the first time recently I've been searching for how to make corn tortillas as delicate and pliable as they did. I got a lot of inspiration here. First I do have a masa grinder but didn't understand I needed to grind twice! And second I've been assuming I needed to make my tortillas thinner. Now I think I just need to make them more even. I also think I've been overcooking. Thank you so much! Time to get my Bob's Red Mill feed corn out of the freezer again.

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

If you make them thick, it's nice if they puff to if you want really soft tortillas (thinner, mexican style tortillas are usually not puffed). Puffing seems to include a "magic" combination of the right kind of corn (some brands of seemingly the same dent/field corn react very differently), the right water content, and not only the right temperature, but the right timing of the flips. And they need to be even in terms of not having really thin and really thick parts, but it's ok (and some argue even good) to have bumps on the surface from your hand prints. They say it helps them not stick as much (less surface area touching the comal), and I wonder if the bumps influence the puffing? The bumps certainly turn into the little browned spots of the finished tortilla. Good luck and experiment around a little! Look at how bumpy the experts make them in my video from the people who taught me: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIGL2dSGfLKThdo.html

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

I have also consistently had better luck with the cheapest feed corn I can find as compared to specialty gourmet-style corns sold for human consumption. I don't know why this is, except that it may have to do with the exact strain or hybrid of corn being used? I haven't tried Bob's, so that would be interesting to do as a comparison. I really want to know where professional tortilla places get their corn sourced!

@kristinwright6632

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the good information. I just realized I was a bit effulgent in my posting. It just shows how excited I am to try this. I really want to be able to make corn tortillas as magnificent as what I ate in Mexico. I've bookmarked your video and hope to get back with a comment on my results. Thanks again!

@kristinwright6632

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that input. I've saved off that link to check it out.

The reason I searched this was because I had a vague memory of my grandmother making tortillas this way. Leaving the corn overnight to soak up the water and then grinding the next day. When I heard the sound of the manual grinder in this vid a flood of memories came to me .I could even recall the smells. Thank you for this video.

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

absolutely awesome and inspiring. Gracias, astrojeff

Wow, what a great video! Thanks so much for sharing that!

I can hardly wait to get all the supplies and tools to make these tortillas. THANK YOU

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

Tell us how it works out when you give it a try. Also remember that each type of corn is slightly different, so if it doesn't work out perfectly the first time, give it some room for experimentation.

@Blue-hf7xt

7 жыл бұрын

I will. I got my daughter in for the experiment.

Thank you so much for the video. I have the same grinder (Corona) and picked up 50lbs of dent feed corn yesterday. I made corn meal and now I'll try making masa and your tortillas. Fun with food! LOL!

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike White Awesome! Let me know how it works out. Read some of the other comments below, too, just to understand the variability of results. It sometimes takes a little experimenting around to get things right, but it's worth it in my opinion!

I am so happy I found your video. Those tortillas look delicious. I am a mexican living in USA and I can't find that type of tortilla here, so I decided to make my own.

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

That comment makes me happy!

Sorry I was late to the show! How interesting and fun! Very, very clear production, btw.

I’ve been watching videos on this all day, this is by far the best one I’ve stumbled across. Thank you for all the information!! This is so awesome I’m going to try it!

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thank you. I've been looking for ways to make the perfect fish taco starting with the thick home made tortilla. These tortillas will be the foundation. Very excited!

@telejeff

5 жыл бұрын

Well, tell us how they turn out!

Wow, dude you are really good at that!

I love tortillas! I never seen them made before, looks so yummy, TY!

Thank you for you're creative recipe :) That blue is beautiful. I certainly will try this out :)

This is very cool! Thanks for going through all the process. I definitely learned a lot, and I found the home-made process really interesting.

I really enjoyed watching the process and the way you explained it. Thanks.

Not sure if I already commented on this, but I never get tired of watching this, the best video ever about how to make tortillas, I was born in Central America but never made tortillas or learned how to cook the corn, until now. Many thanks 🙏 👏 I’m going to start making my own tortillas 🎊 🎉

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed and I hope it helps you out. Cheers!

es el mejor video de hacer tortillas que he visto, felicidades y gracias por compartir!

@telejeff

9 жыл бұрын

me alegra mucho que le haya gustado, gracias por mirar.

Well now that's a genuine tortilla. Well done and thank you.

Amo este video, Gracias!!!

Beautiful tortillas, thanks for sharing this video.

best video on this subject!!!!! im impressed!!!!! im subbed!!!!!.... thankyou... !!!!!!

This was such a great video. Loved it!!

Wow. Those are so beautiful. Love it.

wooow! it looks the love with you make it, i'm really impressed with this vídeo and with the "how to make chocolate from the raw bean". super cool!

So awesome. Thank you for demostrating such a beautiful process.

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

These are fantastic, you are so impressive! Such hard work but wow, what a result!

Perfect! Como debe ser. Mejor explicado que cualquier otra receta de tortillas que publicara cualquier mexicano. Gracias. Perfect!

That song brought me beautiful memories from my country 😍

THANK YOU!! thank you for breaking down this mystery! yeah!!

This is so detailed, thank you!

These videos are great! Please make more!

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

I'm running out of unique stuff to make. Everything else I do has hundreds of videos already made, so I think twice about taking the time to make a video. But I'm glad to be encouraged, and I'll think of something for another video.

My mouth is watering right now thanks to you.

Wonderful video. You are a great teacher. Thank you. Subbed

Excellent, easy to follow recipe, thank you. I was touched by your enthusiasm, thanks for playing a beautiful song. It brings memories of my country, Nicaragua land of lakes and volcanoes. Greeting from Miami, Florida. 😀

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Great video. Fascinating. I just made my own corn tortillas for the first time the other day (from instant maseca) which is what led me to research the process a little, and then check out a few youtube vids for instruction. Then I went down the rabbit hold researching Aztec technologies, nixtamalization, etc - anyway, it probably would have been ages before I actually took the next step and attempted to make my own from scratch, but the crazy thing is, just yesterday I was at my parents house and I saw my dad grinding nuts using the exact same food grinder you've got there! I'd never seen such a thing in my entire life, and now I've seen it twice in 2 days. It's a sign! I've got to make them. One small thing that was not exactly clear is whether after the boiling process you're supposed to let the softened kernels soak in that same lime water overnight, or in some other water. Thanks for the great video!!

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

+Adri D Thanks for the interest and the question. I leave the kernels soaking overnight in the same lime water they boiled in. I usually wash them the next morning and then soak them in clean water until I grind them, but that's because I often am not preparing them until the next evening, and I don't think they need to be soaked in lime water for 24 hours--8 or so in lime is plenty, and then they can soak in plain water for up to another day if you keep them refrigerated--a little soak in clean water after thoroughly cleaning them will remove a little more of the bitter lime flavor (but a little of that earthy lime flavor is what makes tortillas taste like tortillas). There are many variations on this, however, and some of it depends on the kind of corn you use, so you may have to experiment a little until you get the process down for a certain type of corn. Some types of corn are so soft that they don't even need to be simmered (just add to boiling lime water and take off the heat and soak overnight). I wouldn't be surprised if an alternative would be to boil a little in lime and then soak in clean water overnight. In other words, it's not an exact science, and there's a lot of flexibility. You'll know if you overdo it because the corn and masa will be really slimy and falling apart, even after washing thoroughly. If the corn and masa are really crumbly or sandy feeling and cracky, however, you may not have soaked or limed enough.

@jennifermata6144

Жыл бұрын

This was my question too!

This is the first video I have watched on this topic. I just want to say. It seems like there are content creators for everyone

good video buddy, i learned and enjoyed!

@philomelodia

8 жыл бұрын

Great video, man. Excelente trabajo.

Dude, I LOVE YOU, thank you for helping me get back my Mexican Roots, I have been trying to find this out! YOU are the BEST ! Hermano, realmente traes alegría a mi corazón y lágrimas a mis ojos. ¡Nunca te pagaré por mostrarme este antiguo secreto y arte sagrado azteca! bendiciones para ti mi amigo ~

@telejeff

6 жыл бұрын

Gracias hermano! Es un placer grabar y preservar esas tradiciones en video, y me alegre que pueda compartir ese conocimiento con el mundo. Aunque aprendi ese arte en Nicaragua, la gente y sus tradiciones pertenecen originalmente de los Azteca, quien influyeron profundamente a la cultura de Nicaragua.

Great video thanks I'm excited to try it!

Thank you so much, and you are amazing,for sure I have to do it

Now THOSE are some fine corn tortillas!

Lovely!

Most beautiful art I ever ate

Thank you so much for this video! I grow my own organic, heirloom corn which I dehydrate and make my own corn meal from, but I'd love to be able to use it to make tortillas as well and your video was an excellent tutorial to that end!

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

Cool! lots of good stuff you can do with home grown corn. Tamales are fun and easy, too, and you only need to grind once.

That was amazing and fun to watch.

Thanks for sharing '' I truly love mexican food .

I remember when my mom will make me fresh homemade tortillas

Dude spot on. Great video. Very well put together. Appreciate the time you put into this. I suscribed to your channel because I am sure the rest of your stuff will be just as good or better. Thanks. Sean

Best video I’ve seen! Great job explaining, thank you for sharing! Gracias!

Thank you for the video! Amazingly done, and so easy to follow. :-)

Wow they look great.

Thank you for the nice calm video and recipe.

Bravo!!

Thank you so much for sharing

I am just starting to get into this. I started with setting food aside in mylar bags and then I thought about other things I could do. Your video has shown me some fun things to do.

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

Corn stores really well, and as long as you have the time, making tortillas is a great way to use the corn. Tamales are also easy to make. Make masa with a rougher grind (only grind once in the hand mill), and then add fat and broth to the mix.

Wow - I loved your video! Thank you so much - it looks like a time consuming job, but one that will be worth it in the end. I'm inspired to try it!

@telejeff

10 жыл бұрын

It does take advance planning and then one dedicated evening to complete, but if you freeze the tortillas, they last for over a month, and you can pop one frozen tortilla off the stack, heat it in a frying pan and have a wonderful lunch ready in minutes, which ends up saving time in the long run on lunches. Yes you could just buy tortillas too (or buy lunch), but they're not as good, and these ones are thicker and more filling.

Ooooohh nicely puffed up with purple corn tortilla.... 😘

I am so impressed! You go, Jeff! A great video showing the whole process. I've always had trouble getting mine to puff. Excellent! I'm sure yours are tasty. :)

@telejeff

8 жыл бұрын

+christophe p Puffing seems to be a combination of the masa water content, the heat of your comal or griddle, the timing of the flips, but most importantly, it can have to do with the type of corn you use and how you nixtamalize it. I haven't perfected the puff either--sometimes it puffs beautifully, as it did for me in these videos, and other times they are flat, but still good.

@sylviacarlson3561

4 жыл бұрын

I heard a Mexican Lady named Gaby who has videos too said you absolutely MUST let the dough rest for at least 20 minutes before you start forming those balls, etc. She said that's what makes them puff in the pan.

Great instruction. Thank you.

Am so in love with this. Thank you, sir.

@telejeff

6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed; thanks for watching!

@ilici_

6 жыл бұрын

astrojeff thank you for sharing & making it seem super easy!! Saludos✌

Excelente explicación! Muchas gracias, todos los detalles de cómo hacerlas!

@telejeff

7 жыл бұрын

Siempre es un placer!

wow amazing video!!!! so thorough!!!

Those are beautiful!

AstroJeff, I finally got everything together and made my first batch of masa. I bought corn from a local garden/farm store, but it turned out to be not the best quality due to cracked and broken pieces of corn. It took too long to sort thru it. I believe this is why my tortillas didn't come out well. I will use the masa for tamales I did go to the link for buying corn. And I didn't see a Whole Grain Corn Chicken Feed. They do have a Whole Grain Corn, but they don't sell it on-line. My daughter joined me in this first experiment and we are both eager to continue and achieve corn tortillas like you make. The 2 times of grinding the corn method seem to be a secret few know about.

@telejeff

6 жыл бұрын

For the specific corn source I use, I believe you have to go through a distributor--you can't buy it directly online, unfortunately. There are gourmet sources of corn online, but they tend to be expensive, and the results are not always as good for tortillas. Look up dent corn or field corn, ask around at feed stores, ask a farmer. Also be aware that a lot of corn is GMO and uses lots of pesticides, so be aware of what you are buying. I wish I had a better source that everyone could use, but I haven't found it yet. Please post if you do find one!

Necesitas un tortillador de mesquite para aplastar las tortillas :) We have made our tortillas just like that except we grew our own heirloom non-gmo corn, they taste delish.

Thanks for the detail video !!!

Loved this video! Thanks for teaching me! I can’t easily find cornmeal here, but I can find popcorn and I am sure feed corn... ☺️

@amywalker7515

4 жыл бұрын

Go to a natural food store where they have bulk bins of foods. Look for dent corn or other whole kernel corn. You can buy as much or as little as you want and the cost is very very reasonable.

Great video and tips, thank you!

THANK YOU! Beautiful job!

Great video. Probably one of the best ones on nixtamalized corn tortillas on youtube. Heating up the water right now. Got the calcium hydroxide at the ready. Using a grain corn multicolored variety out of homestead in Kentucky.

Muchas gracias por compartir !

So much passion in the process love your video

@telejeff

5 жыл бұрын

Its a lot of work, so you have to be passionate to want to do it!

thank you astrojeff! Didn't know where I can find whole corn in my country until now!

@telejeff

4 жыл бұрын

Great, hope you can find it now!

I really appreciate the level of detail you provide. I've watched numerous ladies, but there's a lot of "feel" they just don't explain. I wanted to lear nixtamalization to make corn for pozole.

@telejeff

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm so glad to hear that it showed you the detail you wanted--that was definitely my intention, to help with all those little things that are hard to see in a 5-minute video. Cheers!

Excellent video!!!