DISH RESEARCH · Street food
Memela
A thick Oaxacan corn-masa tortilla is griddled and topped with refried beans, pork lard or asiento, salsa, and sometimes cheese.
About Memela
A thick Oaxacan corn-masa tortilla is griddled and topped with refried beans, pork lard or asiento, salsa, and sometimes cheese.
Ingredients in Memela
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- Nixtamalized corn masabase
- Refried beanssauce
- Cheesetopping
- Red chile saucetopping
- Pork lardcooking medium
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