Apr. 28, 2009

Humitas

This week's Ecuadorian recipe that I tried out was for Humitas. As you can see in the picture, they look similar to a tamale. An humita is a corn batter that is steamed inside a corn husk. They generally have cheese in the center. In the mountain region of Cuenca they make them sweet and add anis. I don't care for those so I made them in the way they are made here on the coast. These that I made were okay, but I've had better. The batter isn't too hard to make, but putting them into the corn husks, then tying them, is a LOT of trouble. I'm glad to have made them but it is worth whatever they charge to buy them already made!

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