"If we were to cook the dough as it is we will end up with a dry tamale and it could stick to the corn husk or banana leaf it is cooked inside of," remarks Gomez. Tamales are cooked individually ...

If you can't get a snug seal with your lid, the chef said "You can put a damp towel directly over the tamales inside the pot." Some people also enclose the last layer of tamales in more soaked ...

I helped myself to a dozen tamales at the Delicious Tamales location on Culebra Road during an early morning visit. Inside the building, numerous plaques and family photos decorated the walls ...