A cold glass of tamarind juice is could be quite refreshing and healthy.
Course: Drink
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients
- 20 tamarind fruit
- 1 1/4 cups sugar You may need less if your tamarind is a more sweeter. Our local variety is more sour than sweet
- 6 cups water to soak
- 3 cups water
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 tsp Angostura bitters
Instructions
- Shell tamarinds. Pour room temperature water over them (6 cups) in a mug and set aside for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Stir to remove the pulp from the seeds. Remove the seeds.
- Add extra water (3 cups) sugar, stir well until all the sugar has dissolved. Add essence and angostura bitters.
- Serve chilled or with ice.
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