Tamal de elote dulce
The easiest way to make Mexican tamales!
Servings: 20 people
Calories: 250kcal
Cost: 15
Equipment
- Blender
Ingredients
- 4 cups Sweetcorn kernels Approx 5 ears of seetcorn
- 1 1/4 cup Corn flour
- 1 cup Vegan butter
- 1 cup Agave syrup Or another sweetener of your choice
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 tablespoon Ground cinnamon Optional
Instructions
- Cut the end of the corn and remove the husks
- If your corn had husks and you want to use them to make the tamales, put them in a big bowl of hot water. This will make them much more manageable when adding the tamal dough!
- Using a knife, remove the kernels by putting the corn standed up in a large cutting board, or preferably inside a big bowl to keep the kernels from going all over the kitchen. Trust us, people living with you will tahnk you for not making a huge mess! (although offering them tamales can alleviate any issues if they get angry at the mess)
- Blend the sweetcorn kernels for about a minute. If you have a food processor, it will also work. The trick is not to blend them too much! we want to feel the corn kernels when we eat the tamal!
- Meanwhile, integrate the cornflour, butter, agave syrup baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl
- Integrate the sweetcorn kernels with the dough. You can do it in a pot at a low fire to facilitate the process
- You can use corn husks to wrap the tamales and prepare them for boiling. If you don't have them, feel free to use parchment paper or aluminum foil. Whatever method you use, the key point is to wrap them very well so the dough don't get moist from the steamer! Add about 8 tablespoons to make each tamal
- Put the tamales in a steamer. Yes! you don't need a fancy tamalera for this!
- Make sure you cover the steamer!
- Let them cook for 25 minutes. Check them at 15, just to make sure they don't overcook!
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Only 5 ingredients are the base! if you don't live in Mexico, this recipe will suit you very well, because it does not require a tamalera and I even tested if you can make them without wrapping them in corn husks!
- Yep... they are calorie-heavy! It also depends a lot on the size of the tamales that you make. I am putting a very rough estimate of calories due to this
- This is my favorite vegan butter, it tastes sooo good! I hope you can find this or a good one near you :)
