Tamarind has a hint of sweetness, along with its tangy flavours. Whenever you use a substitute, you need to make sure it has both elements in the right proportion. Read Time: 3 min Have you ever found ...

Blocks last longer, are more versatile and come ripe and ready, but pastes and concentrates are easier to handle – as long as you bear in mind that Thai and Indian tamarind pastes are not at all the ...

This is an installment of NPR's ongoing Cook Your Cupboard, a food series about improvising with what you have on hand. Have a food that has you stumped? Submit a photo and we'll ask chefs about our ...

When Asian food has a distinctive sourness that seems like citrus but is somehow more complex, chances are good that its flavor base is tamarind. The large seed pod of the tamarind tree is used in the ...