Huminta is a Native American dish from pre-Hispanic times, and a traditional food in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. It consists of masa harina and corn, slowly steamed or boiled in a pot of water. In Brazil it is known as pamonha.
Humintas are common in various countries in Latin America, although their origin is unclear. The noun "huminta" derives from the word humint'a in Quechua, the most widely spoken indigenous language of the Andes, spoken in Ecuador, southern Colombia, the highlands of Peru and Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina. In Venezuela, they are known as hallaquitas, in Chile and Peru as humitas, in Bolivia as humintas.