This is a list of
tortilla-based dishes and foods that use the
tortilla as a primary ingredient. A tortilla is a type of soft, thin
flatbread made from finely ground corn or
wheat flour that comes from
Mexico and
Central America and traditionally cooked on a
comal (cookware). Originally derived from the
corn tortilla (tortilla in Spanish means "small torta", or "small cake"), a bread of maize which predates the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the
wheat flour tortilla was an innovation after wheat was brought to the New World from
Spain while this region was the colony of
New Spain. It is made with an unleavened, water-based dough, pressed and cooked like corn tortillas.