Chocolate Santafereño Colombian cuisine has a wonderful array of hot and cold drinks, consisting of great juices made with fresh exotic fruits. These drinks are often mixed with sugar and your choice of milk or water. This round-up of 12 ...
Bolas de Tamarindo (Tamarind Sweet Balls)
These Bolas de Tamarindo are a traditional Colombian dessert and is a very simple recipe to make, requiring only two ingredients. These treats have a wonderful sweet and tart combination. If you like tamarind flavor, I’m sure you’ll love this ...
Camarones con Salsa de Tamarindo (Shrimp with Tamarind Sauce)
Tamarindo is a tree indigenous to Africa, but is also found in Asia and South America. The fruit of the tree is contained in hard brown pods, which produce a pulp that is sweet and sour in taste. Tamarind pulp is an important ingredient in Colombian ...
Bacon-Wrapped Chicken with Tamarind Sauce
This Bacon Wrapped Chicken with Tamarind Sauce recipe has been sitting on my computer waiting to be shared for a couple of months! I made it for dinner on a weekend back in November, and then it got buried in my drafts folder. I'm not sure how I let ...
Jugo de Tamarindo (Tamarind Juice)
Tamarind Juice is a traditional and popular drink in Colombia. It is a sweet, sour, and refreshing juice. Jugo de Tamarindo has always been one of my favorite Colombian drinks, and whenever I visit my family in Medellin, my mom has a pitcher in the ...
How to make Pulpa de Tamarindo (Tamarind Pulp)
Tamarind is a sweet and sour fruit very popular in Colombian cuisine. We use it to make tamarind juice (jugo de tamarindo), desserts and sauces for savory dishes. I find dried tamarind at Hispanic markets in the US, sold either in their pods or in ...
Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Tamarind Sauce (Carne con Salsa de Tamarindo)
Tamarind or Tamarindo is a popular fruit in Colombia as well as other parts of South America. In Colombia we use it to make traditional Colombian drinks, desserts, and sauces for meat, poultry and seafood. It has a sweet and sour taste and is ...
