Iced Tamarind Juice (Đá Me)

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 oz tamarind pulp
• 2 cups warm water
• 1 thumb-sized chubby piece of ginger, lightly smashed

  (about 1 oz)
• 4.5 oz granulated sugar

  (about heaping 1/2 cup or to taste)
• 1½-2 tablespoons tamarind concentrate
• 1/3 cup water
• plenty of ice

  (about 3/4 cup)
• 2 teaspoons roasted unsalted peanuts
• 2 teaspoons toasted coconut flakes

  (optional)

Instructions

• 1 In a mixing bowl, add tamarind pulp and 1 cup of warm water (the water does not
  need to be very hot). Use your fingers to loosen, squeeze and separate the seeds
  and fibers from the tamarind paste. Make sure the water is not too hot for your
  hand.
• 2 Place a mesh strainer over a saucepan. Push the mixture through the strainer
  with your fingers (or a spatula, scraper or wooden spoon) to separate the seeds
  and fibers from the paste. You can watch the video in the post to see how to do
  it.
• 3 Repeat the above steps for seeds and fibers just extracted. Place them in the
  mixing bowl, add 1 cup of water. Use your fingers to squeeze and then pour the
  mixture through the mesh strainer.
• 4 Place the saucepan with all the liquid from tamarind over medium heat. Add sugar
  and ginger. Once it starts to boil, lower the heat and skim off any foams.
• 5 Cover the saucepan with the lid slightly askew. Maintain a gentle simmer for
  30-35 minutes until the mixture reduces in half into a concentrate (about 3/4
  cup – 1 cup of concentrate).
• 6 Transfer the tamarind concentrate to a container. You can make the juice right
  away or refrigerate and keep it for a long time and make the juice later.
• 7 To make the drink: add 1½ – 2 tablespoons of concentrate to a serving glass, add
  1/3 cup of water then stir to combine. Add a lot of ice and top the drink with
  roasted peanuts and toasted coconut flakes.

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