Tamales Costa Rica

Ingredients

• instant corn masa mix
  2 lbs
• (1.4 kg) pork shoulder roast or beef roast or boneless chicken
  3 lbs
• (110 gr) pork lard (or vegetable shortening)
  ¼ lb
• (240 ml) corn oil
  1 cup
• batch (~5 cups cooked Tico-style rice

  see ingredient list and recipe below)
  1 unit
• (1 kg) potatoes
  2 ¼ lbs
• of garlic
  8 cloves
• (225 gr) sweet or hot peppers to taste
  ½ lb
• onion (optional)
  1 large
• (1 kg) banana leaves (corn husks can be substituted

  or if desperate aluminum foil)
  2 ¼ lbs
• coriander leaves (cilantro)

  salt, black pepper, cumin, oregano, achiote (annato)
  1 unit