TAMARIND SAUCE (LEAD) | BAHAMIAN COOKING

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 tamarind from the shell and take out the fiber, leaving the seeds inside.

Boil 1 cup of water with the tamarind for about 5 minutes until the pulp falls off the seeds.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt to the boiling mixture.

Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the mixture and stir.

Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the mixture.

Prepare a cornstarch mixture with 1/4 cup of water and a little bit of cornstarch (about 1/4 teaspoon).

Pour the cornstarch mixture into the boiling tamarind sauce and let it boil for about 1-2 minutes to thicken.

Add the second tablespoon of sugar to the sauce and stir well.

Continue cooking until the sauce reaches the desired thickness, stirring occasionally.

Cooking Techniques

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