Don't see how it can be described as a "powerful antacid." Dan http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4091/is_200407/ai_n9450515/
"The most outstanding characteristic of the tamarind fruit is that it is the most acidic of all fruits, with a total acidity range varying from 12-24% as tartaric acid; however, it also has a high total sugar content, varying from 21-31% (1). " References 1. F.W. Martin, C.W. Campbell and R.M. Puberte, Perennial Edible Fruits of the Tropics: An Inventory. USDA, Agric. Res. Service, Washington D.C. (1987). On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:42 PM, needling around <ptf2...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > Here is one way to use tamarind... > > > *Cooking without tomatoes* > > A number of healers from North India are telling us that the one aspect of > Diet & Lifestyle that they have not been able to implement is cooking > without tomatoes because they don't know how! > > Well, all you do really is replace the tomatoes with the juice of a lemon > sized tamarind (imli) ball. Wash the tamarind to remove bits of hard shell > and dirt. Boil in 2 cups of water for about 10 minutes. Cool. Thoroughly rub > the tamarind between your fingers until all the pulp has left it and is now > in the cooking water. Add some more water if the pulp is too thick to > strain. Strain through a not so fine sieve. Add this juice to whichever > vegetable or daal (lentil) you are cooking. For a change use lemon at the > end of the cooking. Mango powder can be used sometimes but it does not have > the positive qualities that tamarind has. > If tamarind is boiled well it will not “catch” your throat. It is a > powerful antacid - tomatoes are acidic. Tamarind is invaluable in places > where there is too much fluoride in the ground water (causing Flourosis in > which bones get deformed) - it has the capacity to bind the fluoride and > remove it from the body. We also have a Flourosis Sanjeevini in the new lot > of Sanjeevinis being sent with this newsletter. > > I hope this is helpful. > PT > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Melly Bag <tita_...@yahoo.com> > *To:* silver-list@eskimo.com > *Sent:* Friday, July 23, 2010 3:13 PM > *Subject:* CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2010 #651 > > Steve, > > Thanks. Do you know where i can find instructions on how to use the > tamarind pulp? Do i make a juice out of it? I wonder if the moringa oleifera > seeds would remove it as well, it being used in Africa and elsewhere to > clean water. > > Thanks. > > melly > > --- On *Fri, 7/23/10, silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com < > silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com>* wrote: > > > From: silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com <silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com> > Subject: silver-digest Digest V2010 #651 > To: silver-dig...@eskimo.com > Date: Friday, July 23, 2010, 2:26 PM > >
