Why is my masa mushy?
When I steam my tamales, the masa becomes mushy. What am I doing wrong and how can I prevent this?
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Something that will help is tearing the leave of the tamales and get tying it around the pot or put a bag on top of the tamales and put tree chili pepper on top of it.
I think you're probably either making the masa dough too wet to begin with or you're not steaming them long enough. They should steam until the tamale easily peels away from the husk. The wetter your masa dough is, the longer the tamales will need to steam.
I know this thread is way old but I did just find it It took me years to figure out that it was my meat filling that was too wet, making my tamales take forever to steam.
You also may have put too much water to steam them...
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