DISH RESEARCH · Dish
Humitas
Chilean fresh-corn parcels with onion, basil, milk, paprika, oregano and cumin.
About Humitas
Humitas are Chilean parcels of fresh corn paste enclosed in corn husks and eaten across the country. This profile follows Chile Travel's savoury basil-and-onion recipe rather than adding the separate salad or sugar serving options.
Fresh corn supplies milky sweetness and a full maize aroma, reinforced by a little milk. Onion and paprika add savoury warmth, while basil, oregano, cumin and pepper make the filling gently herbal and spiced.
Unwrapped, each parcel is a compact golden-yellow corn cake flecked with green basil and orange-red paprika. Its surface holds the ridges of the husk and the centre is moist, tender and softly set.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Humitas
Chilean Corn-Husk Humitas.
- Fresh corn and its husksSweet paste and natural wrapper
- OnionSavoury aromatic
- MilkMoisture and dairy richness
- BasilFresh herbal aroma
- PaprikaWarm red seasoning
- OilOnion cooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperPeppery seasoning
- OreganoHerbal seasoning
- CuminWarm earthy seasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Fresh corn and its husks:
- Onion:
- Milk:
- Basil:
- Paprika:
- Oil: . The source does not identify the oil's plant or blend
- Salt:
- Pepper: . The method names pepper without a colour; it maps to the established black-pepper route without a cultivar claim
- Oregano:
- Cumin:
Origins & food traditions
Chile's official tourism portal calls Humitas an icon of Chilean cuisine, notes that they are found throughout the country and supplies the complete corn-husk recipe selected here. Its newer regional guide independently lists summer Humitas among the classics of central Chilean Creole cooking.
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Chilean Cuisine
- Peruvian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Ecuadorian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Chilean CuisineCatalogue link pending review