Fried Puffed Tortillas

Veracruz’s answer to the Indian puri is the gordita inflada (literally, “puffed-up little fat one”). In talking about them most people leave out the inflada, which can be confusing, since the name gordita by itself refers to a motley family of different tortilla-like masa cakes. They are eaten in some form or other in many parts of Mexico, but everyone knows that Veracruz state is headquarters for the most varied and delicious gorditas.

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