TAMARIND SAUCE RECIPE FOR PHOLOURIE|TAMARIND SAUCE

jaggery

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides natural sweetness with fewer calories.

black salt

🥗Healthier: sea salt

💰Cheaper: table salt

Sea salt is more accessible and still enhances flavor.

Remove the tamarind from its shell and ensure to get the vein out to access the pulp.

Melt down half a cup of brown sugar in a pot over high heat until it starts bubbling.

Add the tamarind pulp, some water, chopped parsley, and scotch bonnet to the melted sugar.

Notice that the sugar will crystallize initially but will also melt again as it cooks.

Add one tablespoon of ground ginger to the mixture and allow it to bubble up.

Let the tamarind sauce boil for about 10 minutes until nicely cooked.

Set the sauce aside to cool while frying polari.

Strain the tamarind sauce into a jar for serving.

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