Ingredients:

3 tablespoons dried tamarind pulp
l cup hot water
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons black or brown sugar
l teaspoon ground cumin
half teaspoon ground fennel
2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger
lemon juice to taste
pinch chili powder, optional

Preparation:

Put tamarind pulp in a bowl with hot water and allow to soak until water is cool. Knead and squeeze pulp away from the seeds. until it is dissolved in the water, then strain through a fine nylon sieve, pushing all the pulp through. If necessary, add a little more water to assist in getting all the pulp from the seeds. Add salt , sugar and other ingredients to the tamarind and stir to mix well. Taste and add more salt if necessary, lemon juice to sharpen the flavor and if liked, a small pinch of chili powder.

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