(plural is tamales) - A corn husk stuffed with masa, meat or beans.  Masa (dough) that surrounds your choice of filling, traditionally pork.  The 5"-6" long and 1" thick tamale is wrapped in a soaked cornhusk and steamed to cook dough Tatemar

 - Meat or vegetables encased in masa dough and wrapped in a corn husk and then steamed or boiled. Tapas

a cornhusk spread with cornmeal and filled with chili-seasoned chicken, beef, or cheese, then rolled and steamed.

A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish, made of masa or dough (starchy, and usually corn-based), which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eati [..]

Tamales are filled softened corn husks. The filling may contain a wide variety of ingredients, which are wrapped in a masa dough then placed within a softened corn husk. The husks are then tied and st [..]

(tuh-MAL-ee) – Tamales are a Mexican dish consisting of seasoned chopped meats or vegetables enclosed in corn masa (dough) and wrapped in a softened corn husk.  The savory packages are steamed and [..]

(tuh-MAL-ee) Corn masa dough that surrounds your choice of filling, traditional being shredded pork. The 5-6" long and about 1" thick tamal is wrapped in a soaked corn husk and steamed to co [..]

(n) a city in northern Ghana(n) corn and cornmeal dough stuffed with a meat mixture then wrapped in corn husks and steamed

a cornhusk spread with cornmeal and filled with chili-seasoned chicken, beef, or cheese, then rolled and steamed.

Mexican dish of cornmeal dough shell filled with various ingredients (e.g. chopped beef, pork, sweet filling) then steamed in corn husks.

A tamale is a traditional Mesoamerican dish, made of masa or dough (starchy, and usually corn-based), which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eati [..]

1856, false singular from tamales (1690s), from American Spanish tamales, plural of tamal, from Nahuatl tamal, tamalli, a food made of Indian corn and meat.

Corn masa encasing some type of filling, usually pork. Traditionally steamed in corn husks. Don't eat the husks!

Tamales are a Mexican dish consisting of seasoned chopped meats or vegetables enclosed in corn masa (dough) and wrapped in a softened cornhusk. The savory packages are steamed and the cornhusks are pe [..]