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Tamale

A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaves. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate. Tamales can be filled with meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, herbs, chilies, or any preparation according to taste, and both the filling…

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Course
Main course
Main ingredients
Corn (maize) masa, banana leaves, corn husks
Place of origin
El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico
Region or state
Mesoamerica
Similar dishes
Humitas, pamonha, hallaca
Variations
Corunda, guajolota, uchepos, zacahuil

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Mesoamerica

Central America

North America

Caribbean

South America

The Philippines and Guam

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Tamale

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Edges144
Triples200
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013793
Components1

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Tamale

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related to Aztec · 21
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related to The Philippines and Guam · 20
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related to Modern Mexico · 16
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related to Maya (pre-Columbian) · 15
Tamale → CE, Classic, Classic Era, Columbian, In, Maya, Mayan, Mayan Classic, Mayas, Mesoamerican, Similarities, Tamales, The Classic Maya, The Fenton, While
related to Origin · 15
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related to Nicaragua · 14
Tamale → Enjoying, It, Nacatamales, Nawat, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan, Nicarao, On, Southern Pacific, Sundays, Tamal, The, They, This
related to Jamaica · 13
Tamale → Belize, Caribbean, French Guiana, Haiti, In Jamaica, It, Other, Similarly, Sometimes, St Lucia, The, Tobago, Trinidad
related to Cuba · 11
Tamale → Cienfuegos, Cuba, Cuban, In Cuba, Los Tamalitos, Mexican-style, Mexico, Mexico City, Olga, Orquesta Aragón, Revolution
related to El Salvador · 8
Tamale → Bean, Christmas, Corn, El Salvador, Holy Week, Salvadoran, Tamales, They
related to Toltec · 8
Tamale → BCE, CE, Moon, Pyramid, Sun, Teotihuacan, Toltecs, While

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tamales corn made also wrapped masa banana dough leaves cooked sweet dish tamal husks mexico plantain guatemala food eaten chicken

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TamaleCourseMain course1.00infobox
TamaleMain ingredientsCorn (maize) masa, banana leaves, corn husks1.00infobox
TamalePlace of originEl Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico1.00infobox
TamaleRegion or stateMesoamerica1.00infobox
TamaleSimilar dishesHumitas, pamonha, hallaca1.00infobox
TamaleVariationsCorunda, guajolota, uchepos, zacahuil1.00infobox
Tamaleis atraditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa0.90text
Tamaleis aanglicized version of the Spanish word tamal0.90text
Tamaleis astaple in Belize0.90text
chayainstance ofand greens0.80text
or chipilin were also commoninstance ofand greens0.80text
deer heartinstance ofwith fillings0.80text

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