A couple months ago I picked up this package of sweet corn flour (or mezcla de maíz dulce). I thought it looked interesting and maybe it would taste like Cheesecake Factory's sweet corn tamale cakes. And then I never got around to trying it. Today I stopped being lazy and mixed up the batter according to the directions on the bag. Well it doesn't taste anything like sweet corn tamale cakes at all. But as I was eating these little semi-sweet corn cakes, I knew I'd eaten something really similar before and then it dawned on me that they taste exactly like riguas. I've only had riguas in El Salvador but they're kinda like corn pancakes. A quick google search brought up a picture of the flour I was using which said it was good for making, among other things, riguas from El Salvador.
I don't know if I have it in me to make tamales while I'm out here but that is on my list of things to attempt for the first time. I have corn husk wrappers to make tamales de elote but I don't have any banana leaves to make chicken tamales. Plus they just seem like a lot of work, so we'll see.
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Those look really good, but when you are on a diet of vegetable soup and green salads, everything looks really good. I am REALLY looking forward to visiting (in DC or CO) and letting you cook up a delicious meal using all the flavors of El Salvador and Spain.
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I love it that you made Riguas! They look so yummy, now I want one.
esmerelda, I made them again two nights ago and put cheese in them sort of like a pupusa and they were so good!
I just realized that esmerelda is Jen B!
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