Tamarind

Inventory, 5 lbs : 2.50
This item was last sold on : 09/17/23

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Description/Taste

Tamarind fruit are bean-like shaped pods with a cinnamon brown to clay colored external appearance. Inside the pods, the fruit's flesh is tender, succulent and green with a highly acidic flavor when young. Its underdeveloped seeds are soft and white. As the fruit matures, the pod becomes brittle. The flesh begins to dehydrate to paste form and takes on the cinnamon appearance of the pod while also losing its acidic punch and becoming sweeter. It is at this stage of maturity that it is most often used for culinary purposes. The seeds, too change in both color and texture, becoming flat, hard and glossy brown.

Seasons/Availability

Tamarind has a peak season early spring to late fall.

Current Facts

Tamarind is the most widely distributed fruit tree of the tropics. It is a slow-growing and long lived massive tree that can grow to 100 feet in height. The fruit of the tree are the tamarind pods that hang gracefully in abundant bunches from its leaved branches. There are types of tamarinds that are sweeter than most. One in Thailand is known as 'Makham waan' and one distributed by the USDA's Horticultural Department, known as 'Manila Sweet'.

Geography/History

The tamarind tree is native to tropical Africa. Its growing regions covers nearly the entire tropical belt throughout Asia, Pacific Islands and the Americas. It is cultivated most widely throughout Mexico and Asia.

Featured Restaurants

Restaurants currently purchasing this product as an ingredient for their menu.

Swan Bar	San Diego CA	619-363-2337
Moxy San Diego Gaslamp	San Diego CA	619-376-1850
Herb & Wood Bar	San Diego CA	619-955-8495

Recipe Ideas

Recipes that include Tamarind. One

is easiest, three is harder.

Mane Adige		Baby Potatoes in Tangy Tamarind Sauce
Desert Candy		Tamarind-Glazed Pearl Onions
Not Derby Pie		Tamarind Puree
Treat a Week		Tamarind Chickpea Curry
Rasa Malaysia		Tamarind Prawn (Assam Prawn)
Lisa's Kitchen		Spicy Tamarind Black Beans
Laylita's Recipes		Beef Tamarind Stew
Lisa is Cooking		Tamarind Glazed Black Cod with Habanera Orange Salsa
My Kitchen Snippets		Chinese Mustard Vegetable Stew/Chai Buey
Cooking 4 All Seasons		Tamarind Extract

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