Meaning of Tetela | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A member of a Bantu ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2. The Bantu language of these people.
3. A triangular-folded masa pocket, filled with ingredients, eaten in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Puebla, similar to corn tortillas, sope and huarache, but with different fillings.

Examples

“They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape you choose to give it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.”

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