Ua kākau ʻia ka kumu mua o ka Hispanic o nā tamales, na Sahagún nō hoʻi, nāna e hāʻawi nei i kahi puke hoʻomoʻo maoli e pili ana iā ia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā tamale āna i hoʻouna ai he ʻano moʻomeheu kāna a me nā mea e pili ana i nā hana hoʻolewa ke nui, kahi moʻomeheu i hoʻoili ʻia a hiki i kēia lā.
ʻO nā mōhai i hana ʻia i nā kaona ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Michoacán, Mekiko, Puebla, ke awāwa ʻo Mekiko a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, loaʻa nā meaʻai like ʻole a ma waena o lākou ua kū nā tamale.
Na tamale (mai ka Nahuatl, tamalli) maopopo mākou i kahi meaʻai e pili ana i ka palaoa kulina, piha i nā mea like ʻole, wahī ʻia e like me ka pūʻolo i nā lau lau, e kuke ma hope.
ʻOiai ʻo nā tamale maʻamau ma Mekiko e wahī ʻia i ka lau cob lau a i ʻole ka lau maiʻa ma kahakai a me nā wahi wela, aia kekahi mau ʻano i wahī ʻia i nā lau o nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe: ʻohe, chacaaca, papatla a me ka lau māno. ʻo ia, no ka mea kanu palaoa.
ʻO nā tamale lau cob i hoʻolaha ākea loa he mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo (me ka ʻoma kōmato a me ka ʻiʻo puaʻa), mole poblano me ka ʻio kuhukukū, nā mea momona ʻākala me nā huaʻala a me nā mea me ka palaoa palupalu, a ʻono pū kekahi; I kēia manawa ua hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻāpana pepa poblano a i ʻole nā jalapeños me ka tī i ka papa inoa.
I ke ʻano o ka poʻe i wahī ʻia i ka lau maiʻa, kū nā Oaxacan me ka mole negro a me nā kahakai me ka hua kōmato. I nā mokuʻāina like ʻole o ka mauna, hoʻohana ʻia nā tamales waiūpaʻa kūlike ʻole e hele pū me kekahi mea ʻai a me nā tamale bean i maʻa mau i nā kaiāulu mahiʻai.
Hoʻomoʻa pinepine ʻia kēia mau meaʻai, ʻoiai hoʻomoʻa ʻia kekahi i loko o ka lua, e like me ka barbecue, a i ʻole i ka umu.
ʻOiai paha e hiki ke kākau ʻia kahi puke noiʻi e pili ana i nā tamales ma muli o kā lākou ʻano nui loa, pono kēia papa inoa o nā poʻokela loa i kēia manawa. I nā Aguascalientes hana lākou i nā bean tamales me nā ʻāpana, nā pineapa me ka rompope, nā pineapa me ka biznaga a me nā meaʻono, i hana ʻia mai nā pīpī. Ma Baja Kaleponi aia kekahi mau tamale mai Güemes, me kaʻiʻo puaʻa a me ka moa, nā ʻoliva, nā hua waina a me nā aila ʻoliva.
I Campeche hoʻomākaukau lākou i kahi tamale me kahi koina guajillo chili sophisticated, achiote, ʻōmato, kālika, ʻaka a me nā mea ʻala; Loaʻa i loko ona ka hoʻopihapiha ʻana, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka palaoa a me ka ʻiʻo puaʻa, nā ʻoliva, nā kāpena, nā mālaʻi a me nā ʻalemona. Hana lākou iā lākou e like me ke kahakai Chiapas, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kāloti ʻoki a me nā ʻuala, nā pi, nā pepa a me nā hua i hoʻolapalapa ʻia.
Ma Coahuila a me nā mokuʻāina ʻākau ʻē aʻe, hoʻohana lākou i nā tamales lau cob liʻiliʻi loa, i hoʻopiha mau ʻia me ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻai chili maloʻo; i ka moku ʻo Lagunera hana lākou i nā tamales spinach; i Colima, nā tamale regal me ka laiki a me nā iwi ʻiʻo puaʻa.
