Chiyambi cha tamales chisanachitike ku Spain chimalembedwa, makamaka ndi Sahagún, yemwe amapereka buku lowerengera lokhudza izi. Ma tamales ambiri omwe amawatumiza anali ndi miyambo ndipo zomwe zimakhudzana ndi miyambo yamaliro ndizochuluka, mwambo womwe adalandira mpaka lero.
Zopereka zomwe zikuperekedwabe m'matawuni a Michoacán, Mexico, Puebla, Chigwa cha Mexico ndi madera ena mdzikolo, muli zakudya zosiyanasiyana ndipo pakati pawo tamales amaonekera.
Ndi tamale (yomwe imachokera ku Nahuatl, tamalli) timamvetsetsa chakudya chokhazikitsidwa ndi mtanda wa chimanga, chodzaza ndi zosakaniza zosiyanasiyana, chokutidwa ngati phukusi m'masamba a masamba, kuti ziphike pambuyo pake.
Ngakhale ma tamales omwe amapezeka ku Mexico adakutidwa ndi tsamba la chimanga kapena tsamba la nthochi m'malo omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja komanso m'malo otentha, palinso mitundu ina yokutidwa ndi masamba azitsamba zina: bango, chilaca, papatla ndi tsamba la chimanga. ndiye kuti, ya mbewu ya chimanga.
Ma tamales omwe amapezeka kwambiri ndi obiriwira (ndi msuzi wa phwetekere ndi nyama ya nkhumba), mole poblano ndi nyama ya Turkey, maswiti amtundu wa rose ndi zoumba komanso omwe ali ndi chimanga chofewa, chomwe chimakhalanso chokoma; Tsopano omwe ali ndi timapepala ta tsabola kapena jalapeños ndi tchizi awonjezedwa pamndandanda.
Pamtundu wa iwo wokutidwa ndi tsamba la nthochi, ma Oaxacan omwe ali ndi mole negro komanso omwe amakhala kunyanja ndi msuzi wa phwetekere amaonekera. M'madera osiyanasiyana akumapiri, tamales osagwiritsa ntchito mafuta omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito potengera nyemba ndi nyemba zambewu ndizofala m'midzi yosauka.
Zakudyazi nthawi zambiri zimakhala zotentha, ngakhale zina zimaphikidwa mdzenje, monga kanyenya, kapena uvuni.
Ngakhale encyclopedia itha kulembedwa za tamales chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwawo kwakukulu, mndandanda wazomwe zili zofunikira kwambiri ndiwofunika tsopano. Ku Aguascalientes amapanga tamales ndi magawo, chinanazi ndi rompope, chinanazi ndi biznaga ndi maswiti, opangidwa ndi mtedza. Ku Baja California kuli ma tamale ochokera ku Güemes, ndi nyama ya nkhumba ndi nyama ya nkhuku, maolivi, zoumba ndi mafuta.
Ku Campeche amakonza tamale ndi msuzi wopanga wa guajillo chili, achiote, phwetekere, adyo, anyezi ndi zonunkhira; Kudzazidwa kwake kumakhala, kuphatikiza pa mtanda ndi nyama ya nkhumba, maolivi, ma capers, zoumba ndi maamondi. Amawapanga ofanana pagombe la Chiapas, ndikuwonjezera kaloti ndi mbatata, nandolo, tsabola ndi mazira owiritsa.
Ku Coahuila ndi madera ena akumpoto, amagwiritsa ntchito tamales tating'onoting'ono tating'onoting'ono, tomwe timadzazidwa ndi nyama yoduka ndi msuzi wouma; kulowera kudera la Lagunera amapanga sipinachi tamales; ku Colima, ma tamales achifumu ndi mpunga ndi nthiti za nkhumba.
