{"id":11488,"date":"2025-11-14T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11488"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T07:57:40","slug":"tamarind-is-ugly-but-delicious-how-to-use-the-sour-sweet-fruit-to-make-thai-crunchy-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=11488","title":{"rendered":"Tamarind is ugly but delicious. How to use the sour, sweet fruit to make Thai crunchy fish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/13\/dc15d051-8f13-4947-a12d-58f6e050b76c_1ef9801f.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tamarind is a rather ugly fruit; in its natural state, the thin-shelled pod resembles old, dust-covered dog droppings. The taste, though, is anything but dry and dusty; it is sour and sweet.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It is used as a seasoning in Africa, Southeast Asia and India, where it is usually available fresh, as a paste and as a thick, dark syrup.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When buying fresh tamarind, look for pods that are swollen and full, rather than thin and flat, as this means they are ripe and therefore sweeter and less acidic.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For tamarind paste, cut or break off the appropriate amount and stir it into hot water to dissolve it, then strain it to remove the fibres and seeds.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tamarind is also made into a chewy candy and, when diluted with cold water, makes a refreshing drink.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Tamarind is used in the traditional version of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">pad Thai<\/span>, where its sour flavour is balanced with palm sugar (cheaper restaurants rely primarily on tomato ketchup as the main seasoning).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3332606\/tamarind-ugly-delicious-how-use-sour-sweet-fruit-make-thai-crunchy-fish?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tamarind is a rather ugly fruit; in its natural state, the thin-shelled pod resembles old, dust-covered dog droppings. The taste, though, is anything but dry&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[9450,221,979,9449,9448,3733,9447,2855,1817],"class_list":["post-11488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-crunchy","tag-delicious","tag-fish","tag-fruit","tag-sour","tag-sweet","tag-tamarind","tag-thai","tag-ugly","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}