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Tamarind Balls

Name: Tamarind Balls
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: Antigua and Barbuda
Ingredients: 200g Tamarind paste; 200g Sugar; as needed (for coating) Granulated sugar; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 10

Difficulty ⭐

Tamarind pulp kneaded with sugar and rolled into balls — Antigua's sweet-sour candy.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tamarind balls are an old-fashioned sweet made in Antigua and across the Caribbean: tamarind pulp is kneaded with plenty of sugar, rolled into small balls, and coated in sugar. Sweet and sour, some families add a little chili. They're sold as children's snacks and market candy.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At an Antiguan market stall, small sugar-coated brown balls are packed into bags as children buy them.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 10)

Tamarind paste 200g
Sugar 200g
Granulated sugar as needed (for coating)
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the tamarind paste, sugar, and salt in a bowl.
Knead well by hand until the sugar is absorbed.
Add sugar little by little until the mixture holds together and no longer sticks to your hands.
Roll into small balls.
Coat in sugar and let dry.

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