Salsa de Molcajete

This rich and smoky salsa is easy to make with or without a molcajete and tejolote, the traditional lava-stone mortar and pestle. The ingredients are readily available, and if you like your food extra spicy, be sure to add the árbol chiles to the mix. All the ingredients are roasted on a hot comal (cast-iron griddle) before they are ground together in the molcajete. This salsa is also known as salsa tatemada or fire-