Tamarind Sauce

Name: Tamarind Sauce
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons tamarind concentrate, dissolved in 225 ml (8fl oz) boiling water; 1 teaspoon brown sugar; 4 tablespoons tamarind concentrate, dissolved in 225 ml (8fl oz) boiling water; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 2 large red chilli peppers, seeded and very finely chopped

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Far Flung Floyd

By Keith Floyd

Published 1994

About

This is particularly good with seafood.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons tamarind concentrate, dissolved in 225 ml (8fl oz) boiling water

Asia
Vietnam
Sauce
Gluten-free
Pescatarian
South East Asia

Method

Put the dissolved tamarind concentrate into a bowl. Add the sugar and fish sauce to the tamarind and mix it well to dissolve the sugar.

Garnish with the chillies.