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humita
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No, it is not a feminine of the diminutive of smoke, because it does not exist; it is the name of a typical South American meal, with a bun of corn and seasoned corn, wrapped in chala or empanada dough. It comes from the Quechua humint'a, which is its autochthonous name.

  



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F. Chile. bow tie ( tie that knots in the form of a bow). ( RAE )

  

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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It is the name given in Peru to the corn involved. They also tell them huminta in Peru and Bolivia. In Colombia we say wrapped or corn muffins. In Ecuador is called also choclotanda and chumal. In the Andean countries is wrapped in the leaves of the corncob, there are several ways to prepare them, but they are usually corn mill and in some cases slightly seasoned.

  

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Corn: Nesosilicato of magnesium fluoride cations and common impurities of iron, which crystallizes in the Orthorhombic system and dipiramidal.

  










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