Boil one whole chicken in water for an hour, then cut cooked chicken. Put 2 teaspoons butter in frying pan and add onions, tomatoes, almonds, raisins, parsley and pepper. Then, add chicken and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Some softened corn husk lay out with an even layer of dough. A spoon of filling in the middle. Now carefully roll the husk so that the mass is completely surrounded by the filling. Now use another strip of husk to tie it off. Now layer them in the steamer basket. Set over simmering water.
A good tamale recipe is to boil them for 1 minute then take them out and fry them until they have a nice brown coat on top of them then put inside the oven and add some beans and beef inside of themand delicious