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Tamarind Water

A chilled beverage made by steeping tamarinds in boiling water and adding ice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Tamarind Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Pour boiling water over tamarinds in a bowl.

  2. Cover and let it stand until cold.

  3. Add a lump of ice before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Tamarinds
Provide the sour, fruity flavour that gives the drink its character.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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