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      Title: Thai Tamarind Candy #2
 Categories: Colonel, Desserts, Snacks, Thai, Five
      Yield: 1 Servings
 
      3 c  Hot (not boiling) water
  1 1/2 c  Tamarind paste
  1 1/2 c  Sugar (palm or light brown)
      1 ts (to 2 ts) ground red chile
        pn Salt
 
  As it happens one of my wife's cousins has a business
  making candies, and she was kind enough to give a little
  more information on this tamarind candy: however it was a
  phone conversation, and the recipe is certainly not a
  complete specification - merely a basis for a little
  experimentation.
  
  So, if it will help, here is what she said:
  
  Take three cups of hot (not boiling) water, and soak one
  and half cups of tamarind paste in it for about an hour,
  then squeeze the paste through a fine muslin cloth to
  extract as much juice as possible and then boil it to
  reduce it to two cups of tamarind juice.
  
  Whilst still boiling, stir in one and half cups of sugar
  (she suggests palm sugar, but light brown sugar will do),
  until fully dissolved, then add one to 2 teaspoons of
  powdered red chilli and a pinch of salt and continue to
  boil and reduce.
  
  Meanwhile get a few cold glass plates or saucers, and when
  you think the liquid is sufficiently reduced put a few
  drops on a plate and leave in the fridge for 5 minutes to
  see if it sets.
  
  Once it sets, pour all the liquid into a shallow tray and
  leave to set, then cut into bite sized pieces, dust with
  icing sugar and keep in a well stoppered jar.
  
  PS: if your attempts don't set, pour them on croutons, and
  serve them as unusual bites on the apperitif tray...
  
  Colonel Ian F. Khuntilanont-Philpott; Systems Engineering,
  Vongchavalitkul University, Korat 30000, Thailand
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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