Tamarind Syrup

Sharab Tamer Hindi

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 × 1

    litre bottles
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr

Appears in
Classic Palestinian Cuisine: 25th Anniversary Edition

By Christiane Dabdoub Nasser

Published 2026

  • About

The exotic flavour of tamarind syrup has become a favourite of mine; it has a particularly tangy flavour with undertones of sweet molasses. Each bottle makes about 15 servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) package of tamarind

Method

Wash the tamarind, then soak it in 4 litres (4 quarts) of water for at least 7 hours. Using your hands, mix the water with the fruit pulp to obtain an almost uniform thick texture and pass it through a food processor (this is the best and most efficient way to obtain juice with the least effort). Then pass the liquid through a cheesecloth.

Put the liquid in a pan and add the sugar, then