Tamarind Juice
Refreshing, sweet and acidic tamarind juice or agua de tamarindo. It’s an easy drink with a ton of health benefits
Servings: 8 glasses
Ingredients
- 25 tamarind pods (5 oz tamarind pulp)
- 1,5 liters of water (6 ½ cups)
- ½ cup brown sugar (optional)
- Ice (optional)
Instructions
With the tamarind pods
- Peel the tamarind pods and remove the veins.
- Boil 500 ml of water (2 ½ cups) and add the tamarind pods. Cook for 15 minutes until the pulp is soft and it starts dissolving in the water. Let it cool completely.
- With your hand, separate the seeds from the pulp. The pulp must be soft enough, so this should be an easy process.
- Blend the pulp and then strain it to remove excess fiber.
With the pulp
- Soak the 5 oz tamarind block into 250 ml of water (1 cup). Let it absorb the water for 5 minutes and with your hand dissolve the block to create a paste.
Tamarind juice.
- In a jar mix the rest of the water with the tamarind pulp.
- Optionally add ice and sugar (or any sweetener)