Tamarind
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The Story
Storage
How to Cook
Tamarind
Description
The most popular souring agent used in the South of India.
It has anti oxidant & anti inflammatory properties
Known as imli in hindi and puli in tamil/malayalam
It is a leguminous tree
The pulp is sweet,fleshy & acidic
Tamarindus Indicus is native to the African Savanna but grown in India since prehistoric times. The name originated from the Arabic tamari Hind which means the date/fruit of India
Interesting fact :
Tamarindus Indicus is native to the African Savanna but grown in India since prehistoric times. The name originated from the Arabic tamari Hind which means the date/fruit of India
Story
Bio Basics tamarind comes from three sources , most of it from the forest of Anaikatti where tribal folks are allowed to harvest this as minor forest produce. This provides livelihoods in an area where no farming activity can be carried out due to wild animal encroachment into their lands. They harvest, dry, and manually clean, and de-seed it and send it to Bio Basics.
We also get our tamarind from the organic land of our founders in Pollachi. A third source is from the organic paddy farm in Palakkad where our Uma rice grows.
All these tamarinds are separately collected and not mixed up and processed in small batches. Therefore the consistency of the tamarind you get will be even across the batch.
The tamarind is harvested once a year around January /February and the newly harvested tamarind is reddish in colour. As the tamarind starts ageing it becomes darker and becomes almost black by the end of the year.
Traditionally aged tamarind is preferred in the south, however, there are also many people who like the fresh tamarind for its lighter colour.
Storage
Store in a cool, dark place, you could buy your stock for the whole year and preserve it in jaadis layered with himalayan crystal salt or any other crystal salt.
Use
Soak, squeeze, filter and use the tamarind syrup in your sabjis, rasams, spreads, drinks ....
Additional Information
Weight |
500g, 1kg |
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