Masa de maiz or masa harina?

Question

I bought some masa de maiz on holiday and thought it was the same as masa harina, but tried to make it into tortillas, and it made a weirdly rigid paste with a gloopy glue-like flour liquid on the top. What's gone on?

Answer 1

masa de maiz is usually cornmeal dough. Masa harina is its dried powdered form. Maybe you screwed up with your recipe?

Answer 2

Maize = corn based meal

Harina = bleached flour meal

Masa de maize is for tamales/corn tortillas

Masa de harina is for flour tortillas........

Christopher