Humita (from Quechua humint'a) is a Native South American dish that dates back to pre-Hispanic times. A traditional food from the Andes, it can be found in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina. It consists of fresh choclo (Peruvian maize) pounded to a paste, wrapped in a fresh corn husk, and slowly steamed or boiled in a pot of water. In Bolivia, it is known as huminta and in Brazil as pamonha. Humitas are similar to Mexican uchepos, or tamales colados, which are also made with fresh corn; but they are only superficially similar to tamales, which are made with nixtamalized corn (masa).
Humita (from Quechua humint'a) is a Native South American dish that dates back to pre-Hispanic times. A traditional food from the Andes, it can be found...
de choclo, published in 1876: Y ya lo creo! ¿Habrá cosa mas rica que una humita en chala? ¿Qué les parece á ustedes una mazamorra con leche que haya sido...
wrapped in corn husks. Bollos (Panamanian cuisine) Chimaki, from Japan Humita List of Brazilian dishes Tamales, a similar dish made from a type of dry...
Panama, where they are boiled in leaves. This preparation is similar to the humita of the Andes, the hallaquita of Venezuela and the pamonha of Brazil.[better source needed]...
pastry), locro (a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd), humita and mate. In various localities of Argentina, this dish is consumed as a...
the Indigenous peoples of Argentina who focused on ingredients such as humita, potatoes, cassava, peppers, tomatoes, beans, and yerba mate, to Mediterranean...
playing "an important part of European culture, identity, and heritage". Humita – a traditional food in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru Country food refers...
and vegetables. Traditional recipes include asado, cazuela, empanadas, humitas, pastel de choclo, pastel de papas, curanto, and sopaipillas. Crudos is...
holidays, for quinceañeras, and on Sundays to be sold at the markets. Humitas (from Quechua humint'a) is a Native South American dish from pre-Hispanic...
appearance are somewhat similar to hominy. Choclo is used in the making of humitas in Bolivia, choclo arepas in Colombia and for pastel de choclo. Peruvian...
(rice with stew and roast meat), churrasco, Guatita, Caldo de mondongo, Humitas, Maduro lampriado, Maduro con queso, Tripita, are some more dishes included...
in pods), sweet potato, mashua, oca, ulluco, cassava, yacon, plantain, humitas (corn cakes), ears of corn, and chilli, are often included in the baking...
colony, products and dishes like chuchoca (coarsely ground dry corn), humitas, locro, and seaweeds like cochayuyo and luche served with boiled eggs became...
corn tamal. In some regions in South America these tamales are called humitas where the recipes may call for some spices, raisins, other sweet ingredients...
and aji limo. Pachamanca: Variety of meats, potatoes, lima beans and humitas cooked in the pre-Hispanic style (on hot stones buried into the ground)...
found in various regions. Quinoa porridge. Ch'arki, a type of dried meat. Humitas, similar to modern-day tamales, a thick mixture of corn, herbs and onion...
Charquicán Chilean salad Chilenitos [es] Churrasco Cola de mono Curanto Empanada Humita Manjar Blanco Marraqueta Milcao Mote con huesillo Pan de Pascua Pastel de...
bound with string within plantain leaves, and boiled or steamed afterwards Humitas Small tamales consumed throughout the Andes region of South America, including...
baking. In South America, the leaves are used to wrap pastries (tamales, humitas, quimbolitos, juanes, etc.), similar to banana leaves or maize leaves....
and there are several variants across the country's regions. Along with humitas, they are a staple of traditional Ecuadorian cuisine.[citation needed]...
cotton or a tape measure; also used for adhesive tape (Quechua wincha). humita: an Andean dish similar to the Mexican tamale (Quechua humint'a, jumint'a);...
Chilean, Bolivian and Paraguayan dishes such as arepas, papa a la huancaína, humitas, chipa guasu, locro and many more. Europeans brought their culinary traditions...
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