How do you make Tamales?

You'll need a pork roast cooked in a presure cooker until it falls apart. Pull into little pieces and remove the bones and excess fat. Save the juice. Make the chile by browing different types of ground red chili (Chili Chimayo, Chile Risto, Chili Molido, Chili Peguin, Chili Caribe) or whatever type chili you like. Brown in a heavy skillet until you can see it start to change color then add flour and continue to brown. While stirring, add some water to make a paste like consistency, then add the pork and some garlic powder and salt. Set it to the side. To make the masa, get a package of MasaHarina. Put about half the bag in a very large bowl with about 1 cup of lard or shortening, about couple of Tbls of chile caribe and some salt. Add an equal amount of warm water to the pork juice and then slowly pour into the dry masa mixture until you get the consistency of thick mashed potatos. Make sure you have a sufficient amount of ojas soaking in water and soft. To roll them, (I use a ice cream scoop so they all come out about the same size)and drop a scoop of masa on the oja, pat it down to fit the inside of the oja. Add about a Tbls of the pork chile mixture, then take one side and fold it over, then the other side over the top of the other side and fold the bottom of the oja leaf up. Stand them in a pressure cooker with a rack in the bottom and about 2 inches of water. When the pressure cooker is full, put the top on and pressure for about 30 minutes. If you dont want to use a pressure cooker, steam them in a big roaster pan for a couple of hours. Takes a couple of times, but you'll get the hang of it, the rolling is the hardest part. It's time consuming, but well worth it. You can use chicken if you dont like pork.

Tamales from which country? They are made different in every country. The most popular being, Mexican Tamales, and Cuban Tamales.

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