Pasteles (Green Banana and Pork Tamales)

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 1 tablespoon achiote seeds available from gourmetsleuth.com
• 1 pound pork loin cut into ¼″ cubes
• 8 ounces ham cut into 14″ cubes
• 3/4 cup pitted dates minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons capers minced
• 12 pitted green olives minced
• 4 sprigs cilantro minced
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 yellow onion small, minced
• 1 red bell pepper stemmed, seeded, and minced
• 1/2 green bell pepper stemmed, seeded, and minced
• ground black pepper
• kosher salt
• 7 1/2 ounces chickpeas
• 2 pounds yautia white, or taro, peeled, rinsed, and grated
• 2 pounds bananas green, peeled and grated
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup whole almonds blanched

Nutrition

• Calories : 300 calories
• Carbohydrate : 25 grams
• Cholesterol : 25 milligrams
• Fat : 18 grams
• Fiber : 4 grams
• Protein : 11 grams
• SaturatedFat : 2.5 grams
• Sodium : 340 milligrams
• Sugar : 13 grams