MALABAR/FISH/POT TAMARIND OR BRINDLEBERRY (KUDAMPULI)

Kudam (Pot) Puli : ( Sourness / Tamarind ) is an essential ingredient while preparing many Kerala dishes, specially fish curry and seafood recipes and is also used in some vegetarian cuisine too. Commercially available rind may be loaded with considerable amounts of salt and dried using very unhygienic methods. At our home the ripe fruit is halved and sectioned in thin layers and dried using a dryer as opposed to leaving it unattended somewhere where there is a chance of pest and bugs tampering it . It’s a sad but true fact that around 75% of Kudampuli available in open markets may be adultered. Sometimes used Kudampuli is collected from big catering centres and hotels which is again re-polished using charcoal, wax or used oil and dried it under very unhygienic conditions and methods. Which is why Homegrown is always better, at-least you know what goes into while preparing the final product.

Did you know ? Kudampuli can also be used for polishing gold, Brass and silver ornaments. Moreover it can be easily termed as a ‘superfood’ due to its amazing health benefits.