Happy Panda Seedless Tamarind Paste 14 Ounce Package (Imli | Me Chua | Tamarindo)

amazing product, must try and buy, packaged well and organic

This is kind of a strange product, but it was exactly what my recipe called for. There IS a difference between tamarind PULP and tamarind PASTE. This is tamarind PULP. It basically includes I think pieces of the tamarind pods--seeds, peels, etc. My recipe instructions said to mix with boiling water, kind of mash/break up the pulp, then let it sit for 30 minutes. Then you pour into a fine-mesh strainer and press the solids down to get a liquid. That is exactly what this product did. And, I'm glad I could buy a smaller amount (it's still a good-sized block considering my recipe only called for 1 1/2 T. and it was one of the cheapest tamarind pulp products on Amazon. My curry turned out wonderful, and I'm glad this was exactly what my recipe said it would be.

good product quality, arrived quickly

A lot of “seedless” tamarind products are NOT seedless. This product is fairly clean. I added a little bit of water in a sauce pan and gently heated it up until it more or less dissolved into the water. I passed it through a fine mesh strainer and had very little waste. I would recommend this product as one that is fairly easy to work with. Made an awesome Pad Thai and a delicious bbq sauce out of it. If you need tamarind, this is a good product.

excellent!

It is good!

Good taste but less in quantity

I teach homeschoolers Spanish and endeavor to expose them to all kinds of things they haven’t experienced around the language, which includes food. I knew tamarind and knew it to be somewhat sweet when you open it from the husk. Well, I caused some laughter when I shared my experience making some cookies to share with them. I expected this to be sweet. Well, picture the sourest lemon you can imagine, then intensify that by two or three fold. My face did some contortions I didn’t know it could do! In the end, after removing tamarind and adding sweetener, the cookies turned out good (think “tamarind Newtons”). As it was so sour, I did get far too much tamarind paste!