Hot Tamale Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 c. boiling water
2 c. yellow corn meal
1 onion, chopped
salt and pepper
chili powder to taste
2 Tbsp. oil
1 lb. hamburger
2 c. canned tomatoes
1 can black olives
1 small green pepper
1/2 c. mushrooms (optional)

Preparation

Sift corn meal slowly in boiling water.
If lumpy, use egg beater.
Stir constantly.
Cook 15 minutes.
Brown hamburger, onions, pepper and mushrooms, then add tomatoes.
Season to taste. Cook 10 minutes.
Put one layer of corn meal in baking dish, then pour in meat sauce.
Put in 1/2 of olives.
Then put rest of corn meal on the top and put rest of olives on top.
Put in oven and bake 1 hour at 350\u00b0.