Tamales With Vegetarian Chorizo

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Tex-Mex	Tex-mex, Vegan, Vegetarian	9	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Basic Masa Dough Recipe
18		Corn husks or parchment
		papers
1	lb	Tempeh
1		Kelp or Kombu, 8"
3 1/2	c	water
1/2	c	Tamari or soy sauce
2		Red peppers, dried crumbled
6		Garlic cloves, minced
1	T	Chili powder
2	t	Cumin powder
2	t	Sage
1	t	Thyme
1	t	Fennel seed, roasted
		crushed
2	t	Vinegar, apple cider

INSTRUCTIONS

To make filling: Pressure cook tempeh and kelp in water and tamari,
cooking for 30 minutes at pressure. Then cook any remaining liquid
into tempeh. (Or place tempeh, tamari and kelp in 4 1/2 cups boiling
water and simmer until water is absorbed, about 1    hour.  Mash tempeh
and kelp in a bowl and mix with remaining ingredients.  Fill masa dough
*using only 1 1/2 tablespoons filling) and cook  according to "Tamales:
Basic Procedure".  Per serving (2 tamales): 414 cal; 12 g prot; 227 mg
sod; 73 g carb; 6  g fat; 0 mg chol; 69 mg calcium.  Hint: If making
chorizo in advance, cover and store in the  refrigerator to allow
flavors to develop.  Instead of tempeh, use tofu that has been frozen
for at least 2 days.  Thaw it and squeeze to remove excess water. Mash
with kelp and mix  with remaining ingredients.  Instead of tempeh, use
1 2/3 cups cooked, mashed kidney beans mixed  with 1/3 cup chopped
walnuts. Mash with kelp and mix with remaining  ingredients.
Vegetarian Gourmet, Summer 1993/MM by DEEANNE  From Gemini's MASSIVE
MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 129 Calories From Fat: 48 Total Fat: 5.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 982.4mg Potassium: 415.6mg Carbohydrates: 10.5g Fiber: 1.5g Sugar: <1g Protein: 12.1g