Totopo, in
Mexican cuisine, is a flat, round, or
triangular corn product similar to a
tortilla, that has been toasted, fried or baked, but it may be prepared with
nixtamalized corn
masa. Totopos are best known as originating from
Zapotec peoples of the
isthmus of
Tehuantepec region of the
Mexican state of
Oaxaca. There, the Zapotec women bake totopos in a
clay oven known as a
comixcal. Totopos resemble a round,
baked tortilla chip or certain types of
Scandinavian flat bread, however, unlike tortillas,
salt is added to the
masa and holes are made in the disk prior to baking.