Tamarind Juice from a Block
1
Servings
Servings
5m PT5M
Prep Time
Prep Time
3m PT3M
Cook Time
Cook Time
8m
Ready In
Ready In
Recipe: #36685
March 25, 2021
Categories: Beverages, Fruit, Mexican, South American, Thai, Vietnamese, Easy/Beginner Cooking, Hand Mix/Whisk more
"Ever wonder how to reconstitute those hard blocks of pressed tamarind? Easy peasy..."
Original recipe yields 1 serving
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (378.7 g)
- Calories 80.8
- Total Fat - 0.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 19.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.7 g
- Sugars - 18 g
- Protein - 0.1 g
- Calcium - 21.3 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step 1
Bring the water to a boil.
Step 2
Place the block of tamarind pulp in a heatproof bowl. Pour the boiling water over it. Set aside for 15 minutes.
Step 3
Place a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Pour the tamarind pulp (paste now) into the strainer and use a spoon to press the juice out of the paste and into the bowl.
Step 4
Store in the refrigerator, in an airtight container, for up to 2 weeks. Makes about 1 1/2 cups
Tips & Variations
- Fine mesh strainer
Tags :
Beverages