How to make Tamarind sauce in 5 minutes

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.

Crush tamarind shells using a pestle.

Add a pinch of black pepper, salt, monosodium glutamate, and paprika to a bowl.

Add a teaspoon of honey to the bowl.

Boil plain water in a pot.

Add tamarind to the boiling water.

Chop garlic and ginger, then add them to the pot with tamarind.

Let the mixture boil, checking occasionally.

Add more water to the pot as needed to help separate the seeds from the tamarind.

Continue boiling until the sauce thickens and the tamarind separates.

Once thickened, let the sauce cool slightly before mixing in the previously prepared ingredients.

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