Cheese and garlic and hot chile tortilla chips

Masa harina, a magical Mexican ingredient made from milled corn that was treated with lye. The dough this produces when mixed with hot water has the texture of Play Doh and the aroma of Old Mexico. 

The dough is pulled off in the size of golf balls and pressed in a cast-iron smasher between two pieces of plastic. The plastic peeled off one side, then the plastic returned to its place and the wet disc flipped and the other side of the plastic peeled off. Now the disc is sufficiently loosened to peel off onto your hand to place in a pre-heated pan. 

One after another each disc is par-cooked to dehydrate before being cut into six as a pizza and shallow fried in oil.

Each batch is shallow fried until they stop bubbling signaling the water is gone from them and they are crisp. 

Then the chips are tossed in salt or flavored salt while they are still hot so the flavorings stick.

Processed together in a coffee mill to powder.