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Bring the water to a boil, then turn the heat to medium-low and cover the pot with a lid. Steam the tamales for up to 2 hours or until the masa dough is firm. Check the level of water from time to time and do not let it run dry. Allow the tamales to cool for at least 5 minutes before unwrapping them for serving.
A tamale (rendered into English from tamales, the plural of the Spanish: tamal [taËmal] , from Nahuatl: tamalli [taËmalËi] ;) is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa (a starchy dough, usually corn-based), which is steamed or boiled in a leaf wrapper.The wrapping is discarded before eating.n the pre-Columbian era, the Aztecs ate tamales with these ingredients: turkey, flamingo, frog, axolotl, pocket gopher, rabbit, turkey eggs, honey, fruits, maize flour, squash and beans, as well as with no filling. Aztec tamales differed from modern tamales by not having added fat.