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Natural Remedies Comenius Institute
dear herbonauts today we will learn how to nixtamalize corn
the process of nixtamalization has its secrets
the industrial process uses a way to nixtamalize
but to nixtamalize at home, let's use a recipe from the ancient inhabitants of america
of the Yakis, Mayas, Aztecs
as they nixtamalized, so they can do it at home
if you look at the commercial nixtamalized corn it always says enriched with this and that
I wonder what they are enriching?
it is simple
in some industrial part they impoverished the corn
then we will have to enrich it
but if we do it in the house as it was done in antiquity
I do not have to enrich anything, because it's like that, rich
with everything that must have the nixtamalized corn
we put two cups of corn grain
soak in water for 24 hours
we get half a cup of ash
it is important that it be natural wood ash
other than wood with backing or paint or lacquers
wood with plastic, they would not like to eat this in their food
you have to get the natural ash
Where does the natural ash come from?
please help me!
the natural ash no longer exists
this no longer exists companions
we open our oven
and we look for what is called cream
of ash
or the custard of ash, is this white part
on the surface
we must sift it
and use
We sift the half cup of ash and add it to the corn
with water and we cook them
let's know that the corn is already ready, when we put the grain between the fingers
we rub it a little and the peel comes off
then it is ready
we wash the corn
and we obtain a high quality food
the ancient Mexicans did not use lime pàra nixtamalizar
but they used the ash
and what is the difference
the content of the ash depends on the tree from which it was made
if the wood of a mesquite was burned
many minerals are very beneficial for health
and when modern man began to nixtamalize with lime
simply contributed only calcium, nothing more
there were not the minerals that were left in the corn of the ancient Mexicans
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