Corn Tamales with Cajeta

Name: Corn Tamales with Cajeta
Prep time: 85 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 5 ears corn, de-shelled; 150 grams butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cups artificial sweetener; 2 eggs; 2 cups rice flour; 1/2 cups wheat flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon vanilla essence; 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon powder; 10 corn husks, fresh; cajeta, sugar-free, for filling

Sustituto de Azúcar

These delicious Corn Tamales with Cajeta are an easy Mexican recipe that you will love. We tell you how to make the tamales starting from the tamale dough, so they turn out moister and fluffier. This recipe is low in calories as it contains no sugar, but rather a sugar substitute to sweeten.

These Corn Tamales with cajeta are a great dessert for people with diabetes; you can use sugar-free cajeta and a substitute like stevia packets or sucralose. Learn to cook this recipe and see how easy and tasty it is.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 10-09-2018

Preparation

45 mins

40 mins

Low

Blend the corn kernels until they are slightly ground. Beat the butter with the sugar substitute, add the eggs one by one, the ground corn, rice flour, wheat flour, baking powder, vanilla extract, and cinnamon for 5 minutes, until you have a smooth and fluffy consistency. Place a tablespoon of dough on a corn husk, add sugar-free cajeta, cover with dough, and close the husk like a tamale, tying it with strips of the same husk. Place in a steamer with water and cook for 40 minutes over medium heat. Serve and accompany with a coffee.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

228.4

kcal

11.42%

Carbohydrate, by difference

36.7

12.23%

Protein

4.2

8.4%

Total lipid (fat)

8.1

12.46%

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