Maji ya ukwaju

Name: Maji ya ukwaju
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Tanzanie
Ingredients: 100 g plain seedless tamarind pulp without added sugar; 1 litre potable water in total; 40 g sugar

🥤 Strained tamarind drink, lightly sweetened and served chilled.

Ingredients

100 g plain seedless tamarind pulp without added sugar
1 litre potable water in total
40 g sugar

Preparation

Heat about 750 ml water for 5 minutes and pour over tamarind in a heatproof container. Cover and soften 30 minutes.

Mash and stir with a clean spoon. Strain into another clean container through a fine sieve, pressing gently without forcing coarse fibres through.

Dissolve 40 g sugar while still warm, then top up with remaining potable water to about 1 litre of filtered drink. Cool promptly and refrigerate about 60 minutes until truly chilled.

Serve 4 glasses of about 250 ml. Total time is 15 minutes active preparation, 5 heating, 30 softening and 60 chilling. No milk, ginger or ice is included

concentrates are not a direct weight-for-weight substitute.