On Aug 25, 7:23*am, "Nunya Bidnits" <NunyaBidn...@eternal-
september.invalid> wrote:

> By instant masa, are you referring to masa harina?

Yes. "Masa" is dough, but most people simply call maseca or masa
harina "masa", assuming that the reader *knows* what they're talking
about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masa

There are recipes like pambazo where the "masa" referred to is made
with ordinary wheat flour and holdajres (sp?) where the masa uses a
pastry flour mix.