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 Bissau-Guinean Tamarind Juice

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Bissau-Guinean Tamarind Juice

Dessert
⏱ 30 min
👥 Serves 6
Difficulty ⭐

Tamarind pulp dissolved in water and sweetened — Guinea-Bissau's sweet-sour drink.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Tamarind trees grow well in West Africa's dry lands, and the pulp inside the pods is sweet and sour. In Guinea-Bissau, the pulp is kneaded into water and sweetened with sugar to make a drink at home and at roadside stalls, drunk well chilled on hot days.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a hot afternoon in Bissau, a brown drink is poured into a glass from a chilled roadside container.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Soak the tamarind paste in 300ml water for 30 minutes to soften.

  2. Knead with your hands to dissolve.

  3. Strain through a sieve to remove the seeds and fibers.

  4. Add the remaining water, sugar, and grated ginger and mix.

  5. Chill well and pour into glasses with ice.

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