Homemade Tamarind Paste Recipe

Steps

1. 1To begin making the Homemade Tamarind Paste Recipe, heat about 2-3 cups of water in a saucepan. Make sure that water should be hot enough and not just warm.
2. 2Add Tamarind in 1-1/2 cup hot water and keep rest of the water aside(we'll be needing that later)
3. 3keep it aside for an hour or till tamarind turns soft.
4. 4Squeeze off the tamarind well.
5. 5Pass the squeezed tamarind through a strainer to a heavy bottomed pan.
6. 6Discard the seeds and rest of the discard which is left over in strainer.
7. 7Add the pulp back to the first pot in which we added tamarind and water.Now do the same process,add water to the tamarind pulp.
8. 8Keep it aside for 10 minutes, squeeze it again and pass it through strainer.
9. 9Now you'll find thick paste. (If not then you can repeat same process one more time).
10. 10Boil the paste on a medium heat for 4-5 minutes but make sure that it does not get burnt, keep stirring it in between.
11. 11turn off the flame and cool the tamarind paste down and store it in a glass jar and refrigerate.
12. 12Homemade Tamarind Paste Recipe can stay good for a month in a glass jar. Make sure that the jar is airtight and use a clean and dry spoon every time you use the paste. You can use the tamarind paste as and when required.