Masarepa: is precooked corn flour used to make Colombian arepas, empanadas and tamales. One of the brands available in the United States is GOYA.
You can find Goya masarepa in the Latin aisle at supermakets.
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I have spent about an hour trying to find a store that has masarepa. I have managed to track down Goya’s Masarepa in an Asian Market of all places. I live in Phoenix so I phoned all the local Latino Markets and was with out any luck in finding this corn meal. My friend mentioned Lee Lee’s Asian Market outside of Phoenix that has a FULL line of Goya products. Go figure. I can’t wait to make the arepas for dinner tonight! Just wanted to pass on this bit of information to your subscribers that an Asian Market may just be the answer for hard to find ingredients.
Another kind of corn meal used for empanads or tamales if called “Maseca”. that can be found in any tecaria or the mexican isle in walmart.
I live in Phoenix and have trouble finding Goya products. Where is Lee Lee’s Asian Market?? I’d appreciate the address!
I’m in Tempe, there’s a Lee Lee’s Asian Market on Dobson & Warner Rd. It’s behind a McDonalds.
My Colombian partner says that Doñarepa and P.A.N are also good – just different brands of the same thing. I prefer yellow and white corn P.A.N. to all the others because the consistency is creamier, the closest to making it from scratch with maiz trillado. And it seems there are several Asian grocery stores that stock Latino products – either distributors are supplying several ethnic groups, or the shops are diversifying their clientele. Either way, yay!
where can i buy this in london, England!?!?
Does anyone know where I can buy this in London, England!?!?
I doubt you’ll be able to find that in London my friend, I lived in Southampton for 6 months, and the lengths I had to go to find something similar to make a colombian dish was extremely tough, I would think an Asda or Tesco would carry some kind of cornmeal which is essentially what you’re looking for. I don’t think Goya is in England if it is, it goes by another name, but I’m sure you’ll be able to find a similar cornmeal that will give the same result. Good luck mate!
Hey!
I live in India and we don’t get masarepa here. We sometimes get imported cornmeal, but it’s a bit expensive. We do get corn grits (it’s called dalia here) and I can get corn ground at a local mill. Do you know how I can make my own masarepa at home? I’ve looked online but can’t find a recipe.
Thanks!
there are some pages that import products from colombia. kinda expensive but u will be amazed
hola – can we subsitute masarepa with maizena?
i’m in a little town in the middle of “no where” in france.
Aimee- NO!!! Sorry!
Anybody know if you can use Harina de Maiz instead of Masarepa?
Emily- You need masarepa!
Maizena is corn starch and Maseca is to make tortillas, so don’t use it for arepas.
i found P.A.N. pre-cooked white corn meal at sweet bay and publix supermarkets (in fla, usa) and on amazon.com. hope this helps…
I lived in Memphis years ago before there were any hispanic markets or produce. Masarepa did not exist 50 years ago – what do you think Colombians used then… well – they did it from scratch as did it. If you can find hominy – also known as peto – fresh is best, but if not, then canned. Traditionally, the masa was made from passing the hominy through a meat grinder to get the soft mushy dough. But now we have food processors – so use that. I also like to use a little yucarina – (yuca starch) (also known as tapioca) to make the dough fry up nice and crispy.
I have not tried to make hominy from scratch – but in a pinch, all is possible.
Good luck.
I just found this website while i was looking for ideas for a barbeque in England! as a proud colombian i love to make food for my british hubby and his family. But i am strugling to find anything that emotely resembles masa arepa in Manchester!!!! Any ideas of how to get around this problem when there is no mexican/latin shops around??? Can i use polenta?
To make arepas you have to use fresh corn or precooked corn meal (Masarepa).
i just want to say hello yto all t he colombians that live far far away! I never tought that there were some colombians in India,jejejje that’s funny we are every where ha! this is fantastic! rocio
sorry i mis spelled some words! I was typing fast! rocio
I try arepas using P.A.N still taste ok! my son likes the arepas amarillas so I put tri-color(my aunt send this product from colombia) and it turns out ok!
Areparina in London!! close to elephant and castle tube station, there are about 3 colombian shops if you turn left under the railway underpass. You can also buy all sorts of colombian things from chocorramo to bocadillos…
You can order it on line from at least one of them but I’m plugging the one run by a friend and know she has it as we had the most amazing Colombian breakfast last weekend, just like first day home in Bogota
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I couldn’t find Masarepa, could I substitute Maseca?
It is a different product.