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Tamale is an anglicized version of the Spanish word tamal (plural: tamales). [2] Tamal comes from the Nahuatl tamalli. [3] The English "tamale" is a back-formation from tamales, with English speakers applying English pluralization rules, and thus interpreting the -e-as part of the stem, rather than part of the plural suffix-es. [4]
The Hallaca is a traditional Venezuelan food known by various names and spread throughout the Spanish Empire in the Americas as far south as Argentina in the decades following the conquest. [citation needed] It is said to have been invented by slaves during the colonial era. [6] The slaves would prepare the Christmas Eve meal for the landowners ...
Carne adobada, adobo marinated preserved beef or pork. Pulique, yet another kind of meat and vegetable stew. Suban-ik, chicken and pork stewed in a red sauce inside mashan leaves, often prepared for special occasions. Enchiladas, tostadas (fried tortillas) stacked with ground beef and vegetables, typically including beets.
Mexican cuisine [5] is a complex and ancient cuisine, with techniques and skills developed over thousands of years of history. [6] It is created mostly with ingredients native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish conquistadors, with some new influences since then.
Antojito. 18th century painting of a buñuelos street vendor in Mexico. Mexican street food, called antojitos (literally "little cravings"), is prepared by street vendors and at small traditional markets in Mexico. Street foods include tacos, tamales, gorditas, quesadillas, empalmes, tostadas, chalupa, elote, tlayudas, cemita, pambazo, empanada ...
Pasteles (Spanish pronunciation: [pasˈteles]; singular pastel), also pastelles in the English-speaking Caribbean, are a traditional dish in several Latin American and Caribbean countries. In Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Caribbean coast of Colombia, the dish looks like a tamal.
Tamal de olla. In Panamanian cuisine, tamal de olla (pronounced [taˈmal de ˈoʝa]), which is Spanish for "tamale of the pot/pan," is best described as a Panamanian-style tamale that fills the baking pan in which it is cooked, and is not wrapped in a banana or plantain leaf. The ingredients include pork or chicken cooked with corn-stuffed ...
The cuisine of Chiapas is a style of cooking centered on the Mexican state of the same name. Like the cuisine of rest of the country, it is based on corn with a mix of indigenous and European influences. It distinguishes itself by retaining most of its indigenous heritage, including the use of the chipilín herb in tamales and soups, used ...