Tamarind pairs perfectly with chocolate and warm spices like cinnamon and ginger. Try it in your next chocolate or gingerbread cake.

Add it to a whiskey sour with ginger simple syrup. Garnish with mint or orange.

Toss roasted vegetables from the oven with tamarind concentrate thinned with water or stock, then return to oven for 5-8 more minutes for a final crisp.

Make Curries with Tamarind Sauce

Add tamarind to your next curry to brighten up and compliment the savory richness of the dish.

Tamarind Chutney

• 1 tsp ghee
• 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
• 1/4 tsp fennel seeds(s)
• 1/2 tsp ginger ground
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1/4 tsp asafoetida (hing)
• 1 cup filtered water
• 3/4 cup jaggery powder or grated jaggery
• 1-1/2 TBSP tamarind paste

Heat ghee in a medium sauce pan, and add spices. Bloom spices for 2 minutes or until aromatic. Add water, jaggery, and tamarind paste, and stir. Simmer on low for 15-20 minutes. Sauce will be thin, but will thicken as it cools.

Tamarind Sweet & Sour Shrimp

• 7 TBSP tamarind paste
• 1/3 cup honey
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 TBSP brown sugar
• 3 TBSP chili oil or avocado oil or sesame oil
• 1/2 tsp Himalayan pink salt

Mix ingredients together and marinate 2 lbs of shrimp at room temperature for 30 minutes. Then brown on both sides until cooked.