Name: Tamarind Sauce
Ingredients: tamarind pulp; walnut; water; garlic clove; sugar; thai chiles; fish sauce; fresh ginger

Tamarind Sauce

Preparation info

Published 1991

tamarind pulp	2 walnut-size	pieces
water	1 cup	250 ml
garlic clove, minced	1	1
sugar	3 tbsp	45 ml
fish sauce	3 tbsp	45 ml
thai chiles, stemmed, seeded, minced	3	3
fresh ginger, grated	3 tbsp	45 ml

Combine the tamarind pulp and water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Poke at the pulp with a wooden spoon to get it to dissolve. Strain into a clean saucepan.
Add the garlic, sugar, fish sauce, chiles, and ginger and bring to a simmer. Simmer gently for 3 minutes, then let cool. Serve at room temperature.