Pamonha () is a traditional
Brazilian food. It is a boiled paste made from
sweet corn
Sweet corn (''Zea mays'' convar. ''saccharata'' var. ''rugosa''), also called sweetcorn, sugar corn and pole corn, is a variety of maize grown for human consumption with a high sugar content. Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring rec ...
whisked in coconut milk, typically served wrapped in corn husks.
See also
* Bollos (
Panamanian cuisine)
*
Chimaki, from Japan
*
Humita
*
List of Brazilian dishes
*
Tamales, a similar dish made from a type of dry corn flour
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Zongzi
''Zongzi'' () or simply ''zong'' () is a traditional Chinese rice dish made of glutinous rice stuffed with a range of fillings and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Fillings can be either sweet, such as red bean paste, or savory, such as pork belly or ...
, from China
*
Koba akondro
*
Hallacas, from Venezuela
References
External links
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Pamonha in the Portuguese Wikipedia
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Dumplings
Brazilian desserts
Cuisine of the Central-West region of Brazil