Tamarind Drink

I once spent a pleasant afternoon in Tamale, northern Ghana with the industrious Mrs. Comfort Awu Akor and her daughter, Amadu George Shetu, learning to make a popular tamarind drink known by the Hausa word “puha.” Comfort made it in commercial quantities (over 13 gallons) to sell from her home in little plastic bags chilled or frozen, but I have modified the recipe. She used Ashanti pepper but you can use other peppercorns if you cannot find it.