On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:44:24 -0700 (PDT), Helpful person
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> On Monday, June 17, 2013 8:00:24 AM UTC-4, George L wrote:
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> > bottles and bottles of various sauces including tamarind paste which is
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> > George L
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> Try making your own tamarind sauce. It's very easy (although a little time consuming) and the result is amazing. It's very difficult to go back and buy the prepared tamarind again.
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The recipes I see call for paste, but what I find is blocks of
tamarind - which is pulp that needs to be reconstituted.
http://shesimmers.com/2010/05/how-to...-for-thai.html
Read the comments. One person just breaks off a chunk and heats it
with an equal amount of water in the microwave, another reconstitutes
the entire block and freezes smaller portions in an ice cube tray.

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