Tamarind Sauce

By Hester

Ingredients

• 3 oz. tamarind
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• 1 tsp. sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground cumin
• 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper

Preparation

Step 1

Break the lumps of tamarind into small pieces & boil with 1 1/2 cups water 10-20 minutes until softened.

Pour the tamarind & water through a sieve scraping the bottom every few seconds until all the pulp has been extracted from the seeds & fibre.

To this juice, add all the other ingredients.

Cook over medium heat, uncovered until most of the liquid cooks off and has the consistency of marmalade.