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Ingredients
Dough
-
185
g lard, room temperature
or 185 g vegetable shortening, room temperature - 510 g maize meal, nixtamalised (masa harina), instant for tamales
- 625 g chicken broth, lukewarm
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
Green Sauce and Vegetables
- 500 g green tomatillos, quartered
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 100 g onions, in segments (0.5 cm)
- 3 serrano chillies, destemmed, deseeded
- 300 g water
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp sugar
- 200 g zucchini, diced
- 100 g onions, diced (0.5 cm)
- 100 g poblano chillies, peeled, cut into strips (see Tip)
- 100 g sweetcorn kernels, fresh
- Nutrition
- per 1 portion
- Calories
- 1364 kJ / 326 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbohydrates
- 24 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Saturated Fat
- 9 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 1440 mg
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