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International food blog: PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES: TAMARIND AND SUBSTITUTES A...

International food blog: PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES: TAMARIND AND SUBSTITUTES A...: Map of Pacific Rim Countries that use tamarind in their cooking PHOTOS OF TAMARINDS AND TAMARIND DISHES             ...




PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES: TAMARIND AND SUBSTITUTES AND RECIPES

Map of Pacific Rim Countries that use tamarind in their cooking



PHOTOS OF TAMARINDS AND TAMARIND DISHES

  

  

  

  

  


Click on links below for information about the tamarind



Substitutes because can be difficult to find 

Tamarind concentrate
  • Equal amounts of lemon or lime juice mixed with light or dark brown sugar or molasses
  • Equal amounts of white vinegar or cider vinegar or rice vinegar or dry white wine and brown sugar
  • Pomegranate molasses (don't have?) Make your own pomegranate molasses by boiling down a liter bottle (33.184 oz.) of pomegranate juice which will produce 1/3 to 1/2 cup of concentrate
  • 1 part lime juice, 1 part water, or 25% dark brown sugar (example:  1/4 lime juice, 1/4 water and 1 tbsp.)
  • lemon marmalade or mango chutney
  • quince paste
  • ripe mango, dried apricots, prunes and a few tsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • Keeler's lime marmalade
  • fresh lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and a dash of catchup

Tamarind paste

  • Equal parts of dried apricots, prunes, dates and lemon or lime juice in blender and make paste. 2 tbsp of this for every 1 tsp. tamarind paste.
NOTE:  This is not the real thing, however in a pinch it can work. Not to be used in large amounts. 

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