How to Prepare Tamarind

Name: How to Prepare Tamarind
Yield: Makes 1¼ cups [300 ml/360 g]
Ingredients: 8 to 12 whole tamarind fruit pods; 1 cup or 9¼ oz [260 g] packed, seedless tamarind paste; 2 cups [480 ml] boiling water

Preparation info

Makes
1¼ cups

Difficulty
Easy

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By Nik Sharma

Published 2018

About

This is the method I use to extract tamarind paste. I typically extract once with hot water, but some cooks might also do a second extraction, which depends on how much pulp was extracted the first time.

Ingredients

8 to 12 whole tamarind fruit pods
or
1 cup or 9¼ oz [260

Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Remove and discard as much of the outer brittle shell on the fruit pods by cracking it gently with your fingers. Discard any large stringy fibers that might be present. Then place the extracted fruit in a heat-proof, non-reactive bowl. Alternatively, if you’re working with the pre-cleaned seedless pulp, place it in a heat-proof, non-reactive bowl. Cover the pulp with the boiling water, stir, an