Tamales Negros – ALL IN ONE

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons pumpkin seeds, toasted
• 3 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
• 2 pasa chili peppers (or pasilla), toasted and seeded
• 1 guaque chili pepper, toasted and seeded (or other chili pepper)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 6 tablespoons breadcrumbs, toasted
• 3 tomatoes (ripe), sliced
• 3 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
• ½ cup water
• 1½ lb boneless chicken
• 1¾ lb masa harina
• 8 cups water
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 8 tablespoons shortening
• 16 leaves banana (or aluminum foil), about 12x12 in/30x30cm
• Raffia (or butcher's string), to close the tamales
• 16 small pitted prunes (1 per tamal)
• 32 raisins (2 per tamal)
• 32 pitted green olives (2 per tamal)