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Central American tamales banana-leaf vs corn-husk
Central American tamales typically use banana leaves, while Mexican tamales use corn husks [1]. Variants mentioned include: nacatamal (Nicaragua, large), tamal colorado (Guatemala, red-chile), tamal de elote (sweet corn), and tamales pisques (Salvadoran sweet bean) [1]. Source [2] is a Los Angeles Times article about banana leaf tamales, but the excerpt provided is only CSS styling code and contains no substantive content about restaurants or flavor profiles.
Sources
- https://nutritionconsabor.com/types-of-tamales/
- http://articles.latimes.com/1996-12-05/food/fo-5881_1_banana-leaf