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Cooking with Tamarind Paste. Usually it is the juice or paste that is used as a souring agent, particularly in south Indian and Gujarati lentil dishes, curries and chutneys, where its flavour is more authentic than vinegar or lemon juice.ealth Benefits. Tamarind is considered a mild laxative and digestive. It is used to treat bronchial disorders and gargling with tamarind water is recommended for a sore throat. It is antiseptic, used in eye-baths and for the treatment of ulcers.
The first dish was tandoori fish and vegetable tikki, served with papad (a lighter form of popadoms), salad, mint sauce, pickles and chutney. The tamarind rice was in a small timbale in the centre topped with what I assume must be the papad -a spicy poppadom turned into what looked like a dunce's hat. The meal is often accompanied by relishes, papad (seasoned wafer-thin bread made from lentils or moong beans and rice flour paste), chutneys, and pickles.