Editing Tamale (section)

==South America==
[[File:Humitas_en_chala_tipicas_de_Argentina8.JPG|thumb|right|South American-style humitas]]
[[Humita]]s (from Quechua humint'a) is a Native South American dish from pre-Hispanic times, a traditional food from the Andes and it can be found in [[Colombia]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], and Northwest [[Argentina]]. It consists of fresh [[choclo]] (Peruvian corn) 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]], made of fresh, not [[nixtamalized]], corn paste.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

===Venezuela===
[[Hallaca]] is a traditional meal from Venezuela that resembles the aspect of a tamal. It consists of corn dough stuffed with a stew of beef, pork, or chicken and other ingredients such as raisins, capers, and olives, fresh onion rings, red and green bell pepper slices. There are also vegetarian options with black beans or tofu. Hallacas are folded in plantain leaves, tied with strings, and boiled. The dish is traditionally served during the Christmas season and has several regional variants in Venezuela. It has been described as a national dish of Venezuela but it can be found also in variants. A characteristic of the hallaca is the delicate corn dough made with consommé or broth and lard colored with annatto.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}

===Peru===
[[File:El_vivandero_Ño_Juan_José_(cropped).tif|thumb|Chef Juan José Cabezudo, an early openly-gay Peruvian figure.]]
Tamales were one of the dishes that the Peruvian chef [[Juan José Cabezudo]] was famous for serving from his food stand near the [[Plaza Mayor, Lima|Plaza Mayor]] in Lima.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Juan José Cabezudo: afroperuano, cocinero y travesti en la Lima del s. XIX {{!}} Blog de Aldo Panfichi – Política, Sociedad, Fútbol |url=http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/aldopanfichi/2018/04/21/juan-jose-cabezudo-afroperuano-cocinero-y-travesti-en-la-lima-del-s-xix/ |access-date=2022-06-24 |language=es-ES |archive-date=2021-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508163214/http://blog.pucp.edu.pe/blog/aldopanfichi/2018/04/21/juan-jose-cabezudo-afroperuano-cocinero-y-travesti-en-la-lima-del-s-xix/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=El cocinero más famoso de la independencia: Juan José Cabezudo {{!}} Buenazo.pe |url=https://buenazo.pe/notas/2021/07/22/cocinero-famoso-independencia-juan-jose-cabezudo-425 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=buenazo.pe |date=26 July 2021 |language=es |archive-date=2022-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731220633/https://buenazo.pe/notas/2021/07/22/cocinero-famoso-independencia-juan-jose-cabezudo-425 |url-status=live }}</ref>