Mayan stew - Recipes - Hairy Bikers

Ingredients

• 1kg / 2.5lb pork shoulder
• 1.75 litres / 3 pints water or light chicken stock
• 1 medium onion, sliced
• 1 head garlic, chopped
• 5 bay leaves
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 4 chilcostle rojo chillies (available in some speciality food shops and online)
• 4 guajillo chillies (available in some speciality food shops and online)
• 290ml / 1/2 pint hot water
• 500g / 1lb 2oz plum tomatoes
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 cloves
• 4 black peppercorns
• 250g / 9oz pumpkin seeds
• 250g / 9oz dried corn (or substitute 300g / 10?oz dried chickpeas, soaked overnight)
• sunflower oil
• 2 yerba santa leaves or 1 tsp ground fennel seeds