The way we do belizean tamales is we steam the leaf and wash them So they are soft and we cut the lead you just need half a piece. So you have the foil put the leaf on top of the foil put the masa on top of the leaf , Cole, chicken , and peas and carrots , and olives then you wrap it up like usual with the foil. The leaf gives the tamal the flavor.
+Loren Martinez Thanks Loren, I sometimes leave my mistakes in to show that I don't know everything. I get it right on the Beef Tamales video that comes next. Thanks for taking the time to share you knowledge with me though.
Hi dnbpanda23...this was the first time I tried the leaf and figured it out through trial and error for the next video with tamales. I was really surprised by how much better it looked in the leaf. Did you check out my "Free Giveaway" video? Be sure to subscribe if you haven't yet and make a comment on that video to get a chance to win my cookbook. :)
The Bare Pantry Show Yes, stew the pigtail. I never had stew pigtail until I got a request for pigtail tamales; to my surprise it was pretty good. (Needless to say some a da pigtail neva mekit ena d tin...lol. Tell Joe fu watch en finga an no mistak fuwan pigtail...lol)
Usually the tamale is wrapped in the leaf then wrapped with foil. That way the leaf releases its flavor in the tamal. Usually you cut the string part of the leaf and use it to tie the tamale. I use some of your recipes. Good job!
They look lovely 😋but I think you should roast the leaf first ,then wipe them off ,you put the leafy first then the foil,and add everything else on the leaf then wrap it with the foil🤗
I so enjoy watching your shows. My husband is Belizean and I have always been a fan of Belizean/Caribbean cuisine. I have learned so much from watching you and it has encouraged me to make some of these delicious meals for my family. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work!!
Hi Jeannie, Thanks for commenting. You can pick up my book at my website. barepantryshow (dot com) I'm not allowed to put links in my responses so that's why I spelled out dot com. You can find the link at my youtube site too. If you are in the L.A. area, my dad has some in stock too at his shop. (323)231-3030
WOW I'M SO GLAD I FOUND THIS CHANNEL..i AM AMERICAN BORN AND BOTH MY PARENTS ARE BELIZEAN....MY MA DIED WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, BUT BEFORE SHE PASTED I MUST HAVE WRAPPED @LEAST 1,000 TAMALES WITH THE LEAF. (NO JOKE) SHE USE TO GO SELL THEM WITH HER FRIEND MISS. BEA. (GOOD MEMORIES.).....WATCHIN THIS EPISODE,YOU MADE ME REMEMBER HER A LITTLE MORE CLEARER. SO THANKS FOR THAT AND I REALLY ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL.
I made tamales yesterday and followed your direction. Only few changes i made was added can mix vegs instead of peas and carrots. I used put a small piece of banana leaf on top of the foil then added everything on top. so as to give the tamales the flavor of the leaf. Thank you so much. They were really really good. my family and friends loved them. Next time i will try the beef.
Hey I have a new video I just released on this. I don't use mix veg because I don't like those hard pieces of potatoes in them. Here's the new video for pork tamales ruclips.net/video/Hlhpoot1_bM/видео.html
what i use is pastele paper and string the paper is precut just like your foil pieces then put the banana leaf on the paper then use the pastele string to tie the ends this is how we make pasteles for christmas in the puerto rican community,thankyou for all your videos i love them im thinking about moving to belize
Hi Jamdown1990 haven't seen you post in a while. I will put up another video with Beef Tamales on Thursday. In that one I wrap it the right way with the leaf on the inside of the foil instead of the foil inside the leaf like this one. Joe told me it was wrong afterwards, but I put up the video without cutting out that part because I want to show that things are not always perfect in the kitchen. :)
Thank u! My mom stop cooking Belize food when I was a girl. Granny is gone now too. U made it easy for me to learn to cook the food I grew up on. Sundays is Belizean day in my home. Love the show gial!
I grew up in the city (Kings Park) with my parents, but spent a lot of time with grandparents on Euphrates Ave. I went to St. John's Primary for 1 semester , but finished Infant 1 through Standard 6th at All Saints. I went to St. Katherine's Academy for 1st, 2nd and 3rd form, but came to America before I finished 3rd form, so I graduated high school here in Cali. My dad was born in P.G. and raised in Stann Creek.
In Cayo BELIZE Tamales is made totally different we cook chicken in a soup like, fry 8 gloves of garlic ( take out some to blend with col preparation),let soup just above the meat pour liquid masa season with recado and all other seasoning season all cumins oregano garlic black pepper then pour into the boiling soup as you stir quickly until thicken. Garlic and cumins is the main seasoning. very important. for Masa you mix it to a liquid with salt and pour it in melted lard; pig fat or bakerite shortening like an inch in pot , stir liquid until thicken. For leaf you cut into size while you have boiling water and place it in pot for couple minutes set aside then clean with damp cloth, cut foil same size of leaf place leaf on top of foil then spread masa on like a tortilla the place the meat with col wrap and place in pot with base water below with salt to steam tamales. The leaf has a lot to with the tamales its an extra unique taste :)*
I am sorry but this is not belizian tamales. You put the foil then the plantain leafy that you have boiled and cleaned on top add the masa, cole meat, mix vegetables, habanero. The plantain leaf gives the tamales the flavor.
Nice the way hoy show us how to make belizean tamales and how honest you were about to wrap it with banana leaves and foil.... In fact the way yuo doit if the banana leaves go inside with the masa to give flavor and the foil goes in the outside also the leaves are washed and steam before to be used ...but thank you for Sharing ...blessings❤
Hi, I'm from Puerto Rico and I make pasteles, that are similar to your tamales. I use the banana leaves and I use kitchen twine to tie the pasteles. You can also use the leaf inside and the foil outside. The taste of the leaf. is amazing.
Omg how wonderful! I've never had these before, I've heard of them but never ever tried them. They look interesting and I'm sure they are so tasty. Thanks Hun for the recipe. Love it
Hi BHluxury, Sorry, but I don't know how to make masa from scratch. I do make sure I buy the one that is not prepared by the store though. They call that masa preparada. I buy the one for tortialla which in more plain and allows me to put what I want in it. I really hope you try to make the dish. It truly is as simple as I showed. I try to make everything simple because that's how I learn. If it's too complex I just leave it alone.
My Aunt use to put all the ingredients on the leaf close it and then wrap in the foil. It diffinitely looks better when u cook it in the leaf. Nice! Thanks Again
Thanks for sharing. Years ago I tried making Mexican tamales. I spent a whole week trying. Nothing came out right. This seems a better system. I'm going to try this way.
Hi djazulay. Thx for setting me straight. Joe already clown me when he saw the tamales, but 2 days later I made some more with beef and fix the problem. Will post that on Thursday. I always tape a week in advance, so those were taped last week. I always want to be authentic so I put this one out even though I wrapped it wrong. Nothing perfect in the kitchen, especially at The Bare Pantry Show :)
okay so i believe that you are suppose to put the foil down then the banana leaf on top of that then the stuff on top of the banana leaf. i remember it being like that when i use to live in belize city belize. im also very happy to see someone making the food i miss and crave so much for the pass 5 years.
I've never seen tamales made like this before lol. I'm mixed with Spanish family members and they would kill me if I made them like this. But the leaf is always the best way. Lol nice job tho.💃🏾👌🏾
If the leaf is your problem, check out the next video because I get it right then. If you have a problem with my method of making the tamales, then you've never tasted a fantastic tamales before. Your family would be happy to eat these tamales.
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+Brezah Wade plus indigenous American ancestry especially since they invented it
Belize Belize ... love your cooking.....I'm making tamales Now... i'm very anxious too see how they turn out.... Thank you for your original cooking GAL!!!!
Hi Santine, Wow! you must have been a pro at wrapping tamales. As you can tell, I don't do that part so well, but the tamales is still finger licking good. I'm sorry you lost your mom at such a young age, but so glad you found me. I made this channel to share with everyone who wants to cook, but no one wants to teach them. I'm so glad that the Belize community has offered me such support.
This method is popular in Venezuela 🇻🇪 and Trinidad 🇹🇹 we call it plantain leaf. We use Harina Pan for our massa but I’ve heard it’s expensive in Central America so it is not widely used.
This is how it's made in Belize and the Yucatan with the chicken in whole pieces with the bones. The proper way is to wrap the the leaves, but I'm no good at that and don't have the patience for it either.
You did good making these, and the leaves r really easy to use it just takes some practice and some getting use to ,i will suggest that u boil your leaves for about fifteen minuites before using it and take a damp rag and wipe them off when you finis boiling them it will make it much easier to handle .
i love and appreciate your show! i move to the united states when i was 15, for years i did not eat many of the foods i love! i am glad and i appreciate the opportunity you are provide for me to makes these foods for myself. i live in the south (alabama), so forget about finding a belizean restaurant! loving the opportunity to support a honest belizean!
hii just so you know that you need to roast the leaf on the stove first (wipe it with a damp cloth) then for placement add the foil under the leaf. The masa will be on top of the leaf and the leaf will give it the flavour it needs. Hope this helps :)
I'm gonna try to do some myself soon . Have memories of great tamales back home . Over here they are a little different/not as big or tasty ... Nice vid .
I made some tamales today but, I have some leftover of the outside part of the mass and the inside. Is there anything else I can do with it or can it be refrigerated and how long it can be refrigerated before going bad?
I normally make a casserole out of the leftover cul and outside. Just put beef, pork or chicken picked from the bone inside the cul. Layer the outside part on the bottom of a Pyrex dish, then add the cul with meat of your choice, then pour a layer of the outside part on top. Cover then bake for 1 1/2 hours. It can freeze for a couple of months too.
usually I put the leaf on top of the foil then assemble the tamales on the leaf so i can fold and seal it without strings. It usually comes out great. Lately I have been just using a small strip of leaf inside the foil just to give it some flavor..if i have enough leaves i just wrap it the same way you do and just put a plate and a cooking brick on top when i boil them so they don't become undone.
I'm definitely going to try these tamales bc they look soooo quick and easy much more simple than the ones I make. I'm thinking pork for the fam and cheese and green chili for me since I'm a vegetarian. I'm drooling even though I have the stomach flu 😖. This next week this is happening...lol. Do you do sopes, gordita or tlacoyo masa pockets? If so I would love to see a video of your just to see if it's just as quick and yummy as all your other recipes 😋.
Maybe try putting them in a bit of hot water for a while so they are not crunch anymore, that way they stay closed better. My favorite way is to do foil over the leaves, here in Canada we have to buy the leaves for more expensive so putting a bit of foil does a double purpose:)
Toothpicks work really really good with banana leaves or little strips, stripped off long ways off a spare leaf. Banana leaves hold their structure so well that you don't need to steam first (if your in a hurry) Just make sure to stack on top of each other fold/seam side down 😉 Plus I've heard that aluminum isn't very good for you. I don't think you could ever go wrong with all natural products like banana leaves, corn husks or even parchment paper. I imagine husks and leaves have to be cheaper too unless you reuse your foil?
What kind of leaves did you wrap the tamale in and can they be bought in the store? Another question, why run the masa paste mixture through a strainer? Just to remove lumps? Thanks and God Bless!!
Hi skinny, I figured it out afterward and fixed it in the next video with beef tamales. I left this video up to show that not all goes right in cooking. Thanks for setting me straight though. :)
OH MAN ! Loved that vid . I miss tamales with real pieces of meat in them a lot . Looks like leaf is the way to go . Thanks for the learning experience ..
Yeah you just put the leaf directly to the fure on your gas stove for it ti soften, this method also enhances the "country" flavor to it. My mother wraps the puerto rican pasteles this way and you tie them up with that thick kite thread. Thanks for this one an easy recipe!
Thank you so much for posting this video!!! I'm living in the states and I HATE the bland and stiff Mexican tamales that's available here! Where can I pick up your book?
hi, just wondering when do you put in the el pato tomato sauce? been trying to learn how to make these tamales. And, what is the name of the other video you mentioned to Sean Castanedez?
this looks so good something i know my son would love I don't know about the masa though can i make this myself. In canada IT'S HARD TO FIND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT NON THE LESS IT LOOKS MOUTHWATERING. MY SON WOULD LIKE IT VERY SPICE. i hope for the best,the single mom.Blessed Be...
This is my first time learning about Belizian i think it's very similar to the food from my country. thank you I'm looking forward to try one of your dishes but i just can't make up my mind on which one. God bless
hi I'm from the Dominican Republic and we do something call Pasteles en Hojas ( tamales in plantain leaf) it's a little similar to yours and my grandma grab the plantain leaf with some cooking tread. i used to tide it for her it's very simple. try to youtube one so you can get an idea on how we do it.
suppose to put the tortilla on the leaf first then wrap it up with the foil , so the tamales get the leaf flavor ,, thats the porpose of putting it on the leaf fist.
Hello, i have been watching your show lately and i love it. I really want to try and make some tamales. One question where i live there is no masa only the maseca can u make tamales fro. Maseca?? Would really appreciate it...
nicola foreman I'm not sure that I know what maseca is, but I have used the Harina de Maiz..(corn flour). Just follow the instructions on the bag to mix the flour with water and then you can use to make tamales.
Hello tanx for responding, yes maseca is corn flour, dats just the brand name, ok well wud have to try. I made some creole buns for easter following ur recipe and it came out really gud, tanx very much.
Yes i do make salbutes and panades from it, but i am a little unsure how to go about doing the tamales wit the minsa, but will try it and tell u, tanx again.
My family uses just foil but i seen other families cut strips of the toasted banana leaf and tie the banana leaf with the strips. the banana leaf does give it flavor but i'm not gonna lie sometimes some families make it chokey like you said lol i like ducunu but idk why everybody don't like it my mom hate it cuz when she was little in belmopan they would grate the corn and they had candles burning and her head would hurt so whenever she smell ducunu she feel sick lol
I think so too. Honestly, I only use the leaf when presenting to guests or making a video. When I make tamales for my immediately family, I just use the foil.
Leaf on top of foil, then build tamales on leaf, then wrap tamales in leaf and foil with foil on outside. Leaf by itself, lay folded ends side down in pot.
This video is over 5 yrs old. I only leave it up because it makes money. The very next video I posted with tamales had all the corrections. Thanks for commenting though. Please find my show on Facebook.
Thank you Evelyn, I got it right in the next video that followed this one. Back in those days, I use to leave my mistakes or lack of knowledge in the video, but this one caused so much confusion, that I stopped doing that now.
You are supposed to put the foil on the bottom and the leaf on top then put the tamales mixture. The purpose is to give it the taste of the leaf but have the flexibility of folding the foil.
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The way we do belizean tamales is we steam the leaf and wash them
So they are soft and we cut the lead you just need half a piece. So you have the foil put the leaf on top of the foil put the masa on top of the leaf , Cole, chicken , and peas and carrots , and olives then you wrap it up like usual with the foil. The leaf gives the tamal the flavor.
+Loren Martinez Thanks Loren, I sometimes leave my mistakes in to show that I don't know everything. I get it right on the Beef Tamales video that comes next. Thanks for taking the time to share you knowledge with me though.
LorenNOTlauren MUA_MAI Hi the information was great. How long should they boil? I was thinking you put in the oven.
LorenNOTlauren MUA_MAI that's how my mother showed me
This is new age tamales ma’am lols maybe it taste good though
The Bare Pantry Show Im sure it taste good once done with love
Thank you ! We live in SAN PEDRO and we needed your encouragement ! God Bless
Hi dnbpanda23...this was the first time I tried the leaf and figured it out through trial and error for the next video with tamales. I was really surprised by how much better it looked in the leaf. Did you check out my "Free Giveaway" video? Be sure to subscribe if you haven't yet and make a comment on that video to get a chance to win my cookbook. :)
Nice Job...but put the masa on the leaf then wrap in with the foil, this will give it the flavor of the banana leaf.
Hi Edrick, I figured it out by the beef tamales recipe. Thank Luv
Keep on cooking. Your show help me make a better shell for my tamales. Have you ever done the pigtail tamales....it is good!
Joe asks if you have to stew the pigtail first. You know I'll try anything once. lol
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Yes, stew the pigtail. I never had stew pigtail until I got a request for pigtail tamales; to my surprise it was pretty good. (Needless to say some a da pigtail neva mekit ena d tin...lol. Tell Joe fu watch en finga an no mistak fuwan pigtail...lol)
lol...Joe and our older son Josh are the ones that eat all the pigtails eena yah. I'll be trying this one soon for you.
Usually the tamale is wrapped in the leaf then wrapped with foil. That way the leaf releases its flavor in the tamal. Usually you cut the string part of the leaf and use it to tie the tamale. I use some of your recipes. Good job!
Watch the next video with beef tamales. This is why I stopped leaving the mistakes in.
out of all of the tamales video you make it seems easy and simple. thank you
They look lovely 😋but I think you should roast the leaf first ,then wipe them off ,you put the leafy first then the foil,and add everything else on the leaf then wrap it with the foil🤗
I so enjoy watching your shows. My husband is Belizean and I have always been a fan of Belizean/Caribbean cuisine. I have learned so much from watching you and it has encouraged me to make some of these delicious meals for my family. Thank you so much! Keep up the good work!!
Shameka Flowers So great to have your support. This is why I created the channel. I love sharing what I know and learning from others.
Hi Jeannie, Thanks for commenting. You can pick up my book at my website. barepantryshow (dot com) I'm not allowed to put links in my responses so that's why I spelled out dot com. You can find the link at my youtube site too. If you are in the L.A. area, my dad has some in stock too at his shop. (323)231-3030
WOW I'M SO GLAD I FOUND THIS CHANNEL..i AM AMERICAN BORN AND BOTH MY PARENTS ARE BELIZEAN....MY MA DIED WHEN I WAS 11 YEARS OLD, BUT BEFORE SHE PASTED I MUST HAVE WRAPPED @LEAST 1,000 TAMALES WITH THE LEAF. (NO JOKE) SHE USE TO GO SELL THEM WITH HER FRIEND MISS. BEA. (GOOD MEMORIES.).....WATCHIN THIS EPISODE,YOU MADE ME REMEMBER HER A LITTLE MORE CLEARER. SO THANKS FOR THAT AND I REALLY ENJOY YOUR CHANNEL.
I made tamales yesterday and followed your direction. Only few changes i made was added can mix vegs instead of peas and carrots. I used put a small piece of banana leaf on top of the foil then added everything on top. so as to give the tamales the flavor of the leaf.
Thank you so much. They were really really good. my family and friends loved them. Next time i will try the beef.
Hey I have a new video I just released on this. I don't use mix veg because I don't like those hard pieces of potatoes in them. Here's the new video for pork tamales ruclips.net/video/Hlhpoot1_bM/видео.html
Sharon Straughan Hi this Carmella how long did you let boil? I'm glad your tamales were good.
what i use is pastele paper and string the paper is precut just like your foil pieces then put the banana leaf on the paper then use the pastele string to tie the ends this is how we make pasteles for christmas in the puerto rican community,thankyou for all your videos i love them im thinking about moving to belize
Looks good. Will need to try making them.
Yummy tamales, Belizean style! So many differenr ways to make it but all good and delicious!
Hi Jamdown1990 haven't seen you post in a while. I will put up another video with Beef Tamales on Thursday. In that one I wrap it the right way with the leaf on the inside of the foil instead of the foil inside the leaf like this one. Joe told me it was wrong afterwards, but I put up the video without cutting out that part because I want to show that things are not always perfect in the kitchen. :)
Thank you so much! I made this for my college buddies and they loved it!
Thank you for doing this video cause now I am ready to try making my own tamales.
Thank u! My mom stop cooking Belize food when I was a girl. Granny is gone now too. U made it easy for me to learn to cook the food I grew up on. Sundays is Belizean day in my home. Love the show gial!
The one with the leaf looks beautiful! Thanks for sharing !
I grew up in the city (Kings Park) with my parents, but spent a lot of time with grandparents on Euphrates Ave. I went to St. John's Primary for 1 semester , but finished Infant 1 through Standard 6th at All Saints. I went to St. Katherine's Academy for 1st, 2nd and 3rd form, but came to America before I finished 3rd form, so I graduated high school here in Cali. My dad was born in P.G. and raised in Stann Creek.
BELIZEANS TIE WITH A 1/4 INCH WIDTH STRIP OF THE TAMALE LEAF. OLD SCHOOL
In Cayo BELIZE Tamales is made totally different we cook chicken in a soup like, fry 8 gloves of garlic ( take out some to blend with col preparation),let soup just above the meat pour liquid masa season with recado and all other seasoning season all cumins oregano garlic black pepper then pour into the boiling soup as you stir quickly until thicken. Garlic and cumins is the main seasoning. very important.
for Masa you mix it to a liquid with salt and pour it in melted lard; pig fat or bakerite shortening like an inch in pot , stir liquid until thicken.
For leaf you cut into size while you have boiling water and place it in pot for couple minutes set aside then clean with damp cloth, cut foil same size of leaf place leaf on top of foil then spread masa on like a tortilla the place the meat with col wrap and place in pot with base water below with salt to steam tamales. The leaf has a lot to with the tamales its an extra unique taste :)*
Awesome!!! My Aunt Jenny also is proud of you because this is her recipe. :)
Thank you! Making them now. My son is belizean and so excited. we have to travel to LA to get them! Now we can make them at home
I am sorry but this is not belizian tamales. You put the foil then the plantain leafy that you have boiled and cleaned on top add the masa, cole meat, mix vegetables, habanero. The plantain leaf gives the tamales the flavor.
Johann Singh You see how old this video is right? I posted another video right after this to show how to wrap it.
Nice the way hoy show us how to make belizean tamales and how honest you were about to wrap it with banana leaves and foil.... In fact the way yuo doit if the banana leaves go inside with the masa to give flavor and the foil goes in the outside also the leaves are washed and steam before to be used ...but thank you for Sharing ...blessings❤
Hi, I'm from Puerto Rico and I make pasteles, that are similar to your tamales. I use the banana leaves and I use kitchen twine to tie the pasteles. You can also use the leaf inside and the foil outside. The taste of the leaf. is amazing.
Omg how wonderful! I've never had these before, I've heard of them but never ever tried them. They look interesting and I'm sure they are so tasty. Thanks Hun for the recipe. Love it
Use the leaf always. It is the healthy way❤️, and yes it looked so beautiful! And delicious, thankyou your a kind beautiful person 👍😊
Hi BHluxury, Sorry, but I don't know how to make masa from scratch. I do make sure I buy the one that is not prepared by the store though. They call that masa preparada. I buy the one for tortialla which in more plain and allows me to put what I want in it. I really hope you try to make the dish. It truly is as simple as I showed. I try to make everything simple because that's how I learn. If it's too complex I just leave it alone.
great recipe!!! I tried it this weekend and my oh my!!!
My Aunt use to put all the ingredients on the leaf close it and then wrap in the foil. It diffinitely looks better when u cook it in the leaf. Nice! Thanks Again
love the thinner batter.. in your tamale technique
has changed how we do things.. in such a good way
THANKS :)
Thanks. I live in Kentucky and my Belizean cousins and I are watching this video and making it! :)
Thanks for sharing. Years ago I tried making Mexican tamales. I spent a whole week trying. Nothing came out right. This seems a better system. I'm going to try this way.
Just made tamales and I follow ur recipe it came out great thanks very much
Hi djazulay. Thx for setting me straight. Joe already clown me when he saw the tamales, but 2 days later I made some more with beef and fix the problem. Will post that on Thursday. I always tape a week in advance, so those were taped last week. I always want to be authentic so I put this one out even though I wrapped it wrong. Nothing perfect in the kitchen, especially at The Bare Pantry Show :)
Great job looks delicious!!!..looks like my grandma's... mmm 🤗
okay so i believe that you are suppose to put the foil down then the banana leaf on top of that then the stuff on top of the banana leaf. i remember it being like that when i use to live in belize city belize. im also very happy to see someone making the food i miss and crave so much for the pass 5 years.
Is that the Farmers Market in L.A.? Wow that's you guys are really working hard. Hope you sell, sell, sell.
I've never seen tamales made like this before lol. I'm mixed with Spanish family members and they would kill me if I made them like this. But the leaf is always the best way. Lol nice job tho.💃🏾👌🏾
If the leaf is your problem, check out the next video because I get it right then. If you have a problem with my method of making the tamales, then you've never tasted a fantastic tamales before. Your family would be happy to eat these tamales.
+Brezah Wade plus indigenous American ancestry especially since they invented it
Put foil , then put leaf on top of foil and corn on top of leaf, then MEAT then the cul etc etc.💕❤❤cinti belizean
Belize Belize ... love your cooking.....I'm making tamales Now... i'm very anxious too see how they turn out.... Thank you for your original cooking GAL!!!!
Your the best and I love everything you do!! I cant wait to try and make some tamales i hope they come out as good as yours! Love yu gail!!!
Hi Veronica, supporters like you make all the hard work so worthwhile. Thanks Luv.
Hi Santine, Wow! you must have been a pro at wrapping tamales. As you can tell, I don't do that part so well, but the tamales is still finger licking good. I'm sorry you lost your mom at such a young age, but so glad you found me. I made this channel to share with everyone who wants to cook, but no one wants to teach them. I'm so glad that the Belize community has offered me such support.
This method is popular in Venezuela 🇻🇪 and Trinidad 🇹🇹 we call it plantain leaf. We use Harina Pan for our massa but I’ve heard it’s expensive in Central America so it is not widely used.
i Fitange, they are one of the few authentic Belizean meals that all my kids like. They are very tasty and comforting. :)
Yeah I corrected it on the next video for beef tamales. I posted this one to show that cooking is not always perfect and that I don't know everything.
This is how it's made in Belize and the Yucatan with the chicken in whole pieces with the bones. The proper way is to wrap the the leaves, but I'm no good at that and don't have the patience for it either.
You did good making these, and the leaves r really easy to use it just takes some practice and some getting use to ,i will suggest that u boil your leaves for about fifteen minuites before using it and take a damp rag and wipe them off when you finis boiling them it will make it much easier to handle .
i love and appreciate your show! i move to the united states when i was 15, for years i did not eat many of the foods i love! i am glad and i appreciate the opportunity you are provide for me to makes these foods for myself. i live in the south (alabama), so forget about finding a belizean restaurant! loving the opportunity to support a honest belizean!
The one in the leaf is so delicious-looking. I wish I had one now.
hii just so you know that you need to roast the leaf on the stove first (wipe it with a damp cloth) then for placement add the foil under the leaf. The masa will be on top of the leaf and the leaf will give it the flavour it needs. Hope this helps :)
This is an old video, we've shown all the updates already. Just type in Tamales in the search bar and you'll find all the knew videos.
My hubby's family is from Yucatan and she calls these tamales colados, my favorite! Cold or hot!
I love the gelatinous consistency of them! Now, I know how she makes them like that! I'm totally making them!!! Gracias chica!! 😘
Hi Raven, I love your excitement.
Hi Fitange, they are one of the few authentic Belizean meals that all my kids like. They are very tasty and comforting. :)
I'm gonna try to do some myself soon . Have memories of great tamales back home . Over here they are a little different/not as big or tasty ... Nice vid .
Am so sorry we don't make tamales that way in Belize.your tamales look good
How did you season and cook the chicken ? And what parts of the chicken?
I made some tamales today but, I have some leftover of the outside part of the mass and the inside. Is there anything else I can do with it or can it be refrigerated and how long it can be refrigerated before going bad?
I normally make a casserole out of the leftover cul and outside. Just put beef, pork or chicken picked from the bone inside the cul. Layer the outside part on the bottom of a Pyrex dish, then add the cul with meat of your choice, then pour a layer of the outside part on top. Cover then bake for 1 1/2 hours. It can freeze for a couple of months too.
usually I put the leaf on top of the foil then assemble the tamales on the leaf so i can fold and seal it without strings. It usually comes out great. Lately I have been just using a small strip of leaf inside the foil just to give it some flavor..if i have enough leaves i just wrap it the same way you do and just put a plate and a cooking brick on top when i boil them so they don't become undone.
Oh wow, that leaf one came out really good!!! Congratulations!
I fixed it in the next tamales video, but still left this one up to show that I don't know everything. Thanks for setting me straight.
Hi, my mom used the leaves for her tamales. She put the leave on top of the foil so its still easy to fold but has a really nice taste with the leave.
I live in the Inland Empire about 50 miles east of L.A., but my dad's store Bluefield Products in in L.A.
I'm definitely going to try these tamales bc they look soooo quick and easy much more simple than the ones I make. I'm thinking pork for the fam and cheese and green chili for me since I'm a vegetarian. I'm drooling even though I have the stomach flu 😖. This next week this is happening...lol. Do you do sopes, gordita or tlacoyo masa pockets? If so I would love to see a video of your just to see if it's just as quick and yummy as all your other recipes 😋.
The leaf goes inside the foil..... the leaf is what gives it the unique flavor
Hi Bel1zeanBeauty...dummy me didn't think when I was doing this one, but I corrected it in the upcoming video for tomorrow when I do beef tamales...:)
Maybe try putting them in a bit of hot water for a while so they are not crunch anymore, that way they stay closed better. My favorite way is to do foil over the leaves, here in Canada we have to buy the leaves for more expensive so putting a bit of foil does a double purpose:)
Toothpicks work really really good with banana leaves or little strips, stripped off long ways off a spare leaf. Banana leaves hold their structure so well that you don't need to steam first (if your in a hurry) Just make sure to stack on top of each other fold/seam side down 😉 Plus I've heard that aluminum isn't very good for you. I don't think you could ever go wrong with all natural products like banana leaves, corn husks or even parchment paper. I imagine husks and leaves have to be cheaper too unless you reuse your foil?
I will try it that way. My mom made it a little differently but hers were so delicious so I hope your taste about the same.
I like it just the wey u mek it. And mi babies well teenagers like it. I dey mek it again for Christmas this year. Merry Christmas 2014.
What kind of leaves did you wrap the tamale in and can they be bought in the store? Another question, why run the masa paste mixture through a strainer? Just to remove lumps? Thanks and God Bless!!
Yes an u can use banana leaves or plantain leaves
Hi skinny, I figured it out afterward and fixed it in the next video with beef tamales. I left this video up to show that not all goes right in cooking. Thanks for setting me straight though. :)
OH MAN ! Loved that vid . I miss tamales with real pieces of meat in them a lot . Looks like leaf
is the way to go . Thanks for the learning experience ..
Yeah you just put the leaf directly to the fure on your gas stove for it ti soften, this method also enhances the "country" flavor to it. My mother wraps the puerto rican pasteles this way and you tie them up with that thick kite thread. Thanks for this one an easy recipe!
Is the bag of masa flour or corn
Thank you so much for posting this video!!! I'm living in the states and I HATE the bland and stiff Mexican tamales that's available here! Where can I pick up your book?
hi, just wondering when do you put in the el pato tomato sauce? been trying to learn how to make these tamales. And, what is the name of the other video you mentioned to Sean Castanedez?
Looks good ♥♥♥♥♡♡♡★★♣
what part of belieze are you from? im from dangriga! all the things you make is exacally the things my mom makes
this looks so good something i know my son would love I don't know about the masa though can i make this myself. In canada IT'S HARD TO FIND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT NON THE LESS IT LOOKS MOUTHWATERING. MY SON WOULD LIKE IT VERY SPICE. i hope for the best,the single mom.Blessed Be...
This is my first time learning about Belizian i think it's very similar to the food from my country. thank you I'm looking forward to try one of your dishes but i just can't make up my mind on which one. God bless
hi I'm from the Dominican Republic and we do something call Pasteles en Hojas ( tamales in plantain leaf) it's a little similar to yours and my grandma grab the plantain leaf with some cooking tread. i used to tide it for her it's very simple. try to youtube one so you can get an idea on how we do it.
suppose to put the tortilla on the leaf first then wrap it up with the foil , so the tamales get the leaf flavor ,, thats the porpose of putting it on the leaf fist.
Check the next video Sean, I get it right in that video.
hey very nice video. where can I buy the masa at?
april menzies Most grocery stores that sells Latin foods or you can make it from the Masa de Harina which is a powder.
OK. I'm going to check the regular grocery stores.
Hello, i have been watching your show lately and i love it. I really want to try and make some tamales. One question where i live there is no masa only the maseca can u make tamales fro. Maseca?? Would really appreciate it...
nicola foreman I'm not sure that I know what maseca is, but I have used the Harina de Maiz..(corn flour). Just follow the instructions on the bag to mix the flour with water and then you can use to make tamales.
Hello tanx for responding, yes maseca is corn flour, dats just the brand name, ok well wud have to try. I made some creole buns for easter following ur recipe and it came out really gud, tanx very much.
Oh okay the brand I usually get is Minza. You can make the Salbutes and Panades (empanada) from that too. Come back and tell me how it comes out okay.
Yes i do make salbutes and panades from it, but i am a little unsure how to go about doing the tamales wit the minsa, but will try it and tell u, tanx again.
Hi Elizabeth, Silly me figured it out on the next video with beef tamales. lol
You place the leaf on top of the foil and wrap the leaf with the foil
Yeah, I get it right in the next video. This is a very old video that I only leave up because it gets views.
My family uses just foil but i seen other families cut strips of the toasted banana leaf and tie the banana leaf with the strips. the banana leaf does give it flavor but i'm not gonna lie sometimes some families make it chokey like you said lol i like ducunu but idk why everybody don't like it my mom hate it cuz when she was little in belmopan they would grate the corn and they had candles burning and her head would hurt so whenever she smell ducunu she feel sick lol
I believe they use the spine if the banana leaf to tie the tamales. But I could be wrong
I think so too. Honestly, I only use the leaf when presenting to guests or making a video. When I make tamales for my immediately family, I just use the foil.
Leaf on top of foil, then build tamales on leaf, then wrap tamales in leaf and foil with foil on outside. Leaf by itself, lay folded ends side down in pot.
This video is over 5 yrs old. I only leave it up because it makes money. The very next video I posted with tamales had all the corrections. Thanks for commenting though. Please find my show on Facebook.
Good job
I just saw this. You put the foil first and take a SMALL piece of leaf INSIDE of the foil, fold and then boil. 👍🏽
Surely not the belizean tamales.
The leaf goes on top of the foil so we get the taste if the green leaf
Thank you Evelyn, I got it right in the next video that followed this one. Back in those days, I use to leave my mistakes or lack of knowledge in the video, but this one caused so much confusion, that I stopped doing that now.
could you use toothpicks through the ends of the tamales in banana leaf?
Nice
You are supposed to put the foil on the bottom and the leaf on top then put the tamales mixture. The purpose is to give it the taste of the leaf but have the flexibility of folding the foil.
Hi
Okay so the reason for heating up the banana leaf is so that it is pliable easy to work with and won't break... :-)
What if I can't get the fresh masa?