Does anyone have a recipe for Tamarind candy?

Question

We used to have an import store where I live that used to carry this awesome tamarind candy. They have since closed and I can't get the stuff here anymore. I can get raw tamarind pulp and I want to try to make this candy myself. I can find it online to buy but no recipe. Here is a link with a picture of what it looks like in case someone wants to know which kind of tamarind candy I am speaking of.
http://importfood.com/rtdh3501.html
I know it is basically three ingredients, but I am sure there is more to it then that.

Yeah, I know. Raw Tamarind is great. I used to be able to get some still in the pod from my grocery store. I would eat so much I would end up with sores in my mouth.

No result for the jelly candy. I really doubt that it would be close. Tamarind has its own unique taste that can't be duplicated. It's really not jelly-like anyhow. More like super compacted pulp (pretty much what it is)

Answer 1

Hi!!!!
This is what I found on the Web:

Thai Tamarind Candy
Course : Candy
Serves: 1

Ingredients:

Preparation:
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 chili 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.

--------------AND THIS ONE...

Thai Tamarind Candy

Yield:
1
Ingredients:

2 cup Water
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1 tsp Prik pon (ground dried red prik ki nu chiles)
1 pch Salt
Fresh tamarinds

Method:
I do have a recipe for something similar, but not the same, if you have access to "fresh" tamarind beans (still in the pods).

Heat 2 cups of water in a small saucepan to simmering, and add one and half cups of sugar slowly dissolving it, then simmering to thicken it to a smooth syrup (you can always use a commercial sugar syrup or even Maple syrup if you prefer). Add one teaspoon of prik pon (ground dried red prik ki nu chilis), and a pinch of salt. Set aside to cool.
Shell and clean the tamarinds, and then leave them to soak in the sugar syrup for several hours before putting on a rack to dry. (beware that tamarinds have stones in them...)

Though similar this is not the same as the candy that started this thread, which is made from tamarind paste and involves a fairly complex "toffee making" process (I rang my wife to check - she doesn't know more than that).

-------------AND A BONUS RECIPE FOR YOU:

Cooking with Tamarind

Cooking with Tamarind today is easier than before. The ancient way, you have to soak tamarind pulp in warm water, mash to a thick soft paste and strain to use it, today using Suanwang Tamarind Paste is a more convenience and hygienic way to use tamarind in cooking. Just open the bottle and pour out.

Tamarind Recipe of the month:

TAMARIND SHERBET

Serves 6

Tamarind Juice (Essence):
1/2 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Suanwang Tamarind Paste

Sugar Syrup:
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Water

Tamarind Sherbet Mix:
1 Cup Tamarind Juice (Essence)
3/4 Cup Sugar syrup
3/4 Cup Water

1. Mix water with Suanwang Tamarind Paste. Boil for 10 minutes and reserve.
2. Make syrup by boiling together water and sugar. Set aside to cool.
3. To make sherbet, mix together tamarind juice, sugar syrup and cool water, then place in ice-cream machine, churning until the liquid turns to ice.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Tamarind Candy

Answer 4

I love this stuff. Sweet and Tangy. I ate loads of it when I was in Thailand. All the Candy is, is the meat/pulp that comes from the fruit. Its like a legume. They roll the meat into small balls and then roll them in powdered sugar with a mix of chili and salt

Also, wanted to add - if you live in the South maybe see if you can get some seeds somewhere and grow you a tamarind tree out in the backyard. I hear they are fast growing and will produce fruit in 3 years.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Ok....I know I keep saying this, but foodnetwork.com.......search for jelly candy You will find a recipe for lemon lime jelly candy by Alton Brown. It might be close.

Answer 7

put small amount of water,then brown sugar and mix altogether and cook for 5 mins...

Answer 8

I wish...yummy!

Try your ethnic food stores--west indian or jamaican.