2cupsCooking oilabout half will be absorbed by the ingredients
8cupsWater
½cupAlmonds
½cupPeanuts
½cupPumpkin seeds
⅓cupRaisins
2slicesStale bread or/and Corn tortillaoptional
10clovesGarlic
1medium Onion
1medium Tomato
1cupBaking chocolate
2tablespoonsSalt
Optional
Tomatillo
Bay leaf
Coriander
Oregano
Canola
Instructions
Cut the chilies horizontally and remove the seeds and stem.
Heat a skillet to medium high then roast the chili and sesame seeds until golden brown, about 3 - 5 minutes.
Remove from heat then add Star anise, black pepper, marjoram, thyme, cloves, cinnamon and any other optional spices.
Grind them into a fine powder. Do it in batches if necessary.
Heat oil in high walled frying pan to high then add the chilies.
Fry them until their skin bubbles, about 30 sec. Do it in batches if necessary.
Add almonds then peanuts, pumpkin seeds, finally raisins into the oil in that particular order waiting about 20-30 sec between each. Optionally just do it one after the another.
Fry them until the seeds and nuts get some golden brown color and the raisins swell about 1 minute.
Add quartered onion and tomato then the garlic. Fry until the onion gets glassy / translucent look and to tomato start to change color, about 1 minute.
Finally add the bread to soak up some tasty oil and fry until it gets a golden brown color.
Add all the ingredients into a food processor and puree them.
Do it in batches, adding water as necessary. We'll need about 8 cups / 2l water for the mole.
If our food processor doesn't do a good job at cutting up the ingredients, using a sieve to get rid of uncomfortable pieces can be a useful thing to do.
Add the pureed mole into a big enough pot.
Bring the mole into boil while stirring continuously. We should have a pretty solid sauce now but don't worry if its too thin either.
Add the baking chocolate in. It will darken as it cooks and cools but if the color doesn't seem dark enough, just add a tablespoon of cocoa.
Lower the heat to gentle simmer, place the lid on half way then cook until the flavors come together and we have the desired color and consistency, about an hour.