Corn tamales - Humitas

PACKAGE NET WEIGHT 24.7OZ, PESO NETO 700gr

4 units, 4 unidades

Humita is a Native American dish from pre-Hispanic times, and a traditional food in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. It consists of masa harina and corn, slowly cooked in oil.
Humitas are present in various countries in Latin America, although their origin is unclear. The noun "humita" derives precisely from Quichua, a regional dialect of the Quechua people found in Ecuador, the south of Colombia, and the northwestern part of Argentina. In Venezuela, they are known as hallacas, in Chile and Peru as humitas, in Bolivia as "sweet corn cakes," and in Mexico and Central America as tamales.

In Ecuador humitas are prepared with fresh ground corn with onions, eggs and species that vary on the region, and on each family's tradition. The dough is wrapped in a corn husk, but are steamed rather than baked or boiled. These Ecuadorian humitas contain cheese. This dish is so traditional in Ecuador that they have developed special pots just for cooking humitas.