Analyse my DNA, and you will definitely find at least a little bit of Tamarind. It is the one seasoning element most of my favourite South Indian dishes share. The Bombay street food I am almost addicted to would be meaningless without huge dollops of tamarind sauce.
I’ve grown up with memories of drying Tamarind fruits in the courtyard, cracking the shells open, and storing the fruit in huge ceramic containers. I’m guilty of surreptitiously stuffing myself with the unripe green tamarind. I’ve followed the germination cycle of tamarind seeds.
But the tamarind flower I never met till last week.
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Isn't she beautiful?
Spectacular photo's Rayna I have never seen those like thar before.
ReplyDeleteLove the drabble also.
Yvonne.
Spectacular photo's Rayna I have never seen those like thar before.
ReplyDeleteLove the drabble also.
Yvonne.
How beautiful and delicate!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and a great drabble too!
ReplyDeleteTamarind - or Tamarindo in Mexico - is very popular here. Do you make it into a drink? They also put chili on it (well, they put chili on everything) and make it candy.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos.
CD
I'm trying to think if I've ever had Tamarind... now I want to try some! :D (or refresh my memory...)
ReplyDeleteThe flower looks like an orchid crossed w/a lily. beautiful~
I agree with LTM! This flower looks like an orchid! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have ever had anything with Tamarind in it. Must look for that and give it a try.
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SueAnn
I've never seen the flower, either.
ReplyDeleteI love Indian food, but can't say I know exactly which spice is tamarind. Great capture of their delicate flowers.
ReplyDeleteI love tamarind! But you ought to know that, since we're twins and all. I had now idea it came from such a lovely plant.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty - I don't think I've tried tamarind - but the flower is gorgeous. :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent drabble, and really wonderful pictures!
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures and the drabble..:)
ReplyDeleteI have never seen the flower before either but it looks beautiful and delicate. Great pics.
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely stunning photographs!
ReplyDeleteShe is definitely beautiful, and so is the drabble. You've got me hooked.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, visually stunning!
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing the pods in the Navy commissary, fascinating~
That's beautiful. I've heard of the flower, but I'm not familiar with it.
ReplyDeleteI always love your drabbles. You write so beautifully, Rayna. The pictures are almost as lovely as your words. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower! Love that drabble too :)
ReplyDeleteLovely photo and wonderful drabble. Both delicate and strong at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI love tamarind...
Lovely photo and wonderful drabble. Both delicate and strong at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI love tamarind...
Gorgeous! We used to catch our bus home from school under tamarinds- ate plenty of tamarind leaves too, as well as the fruit. But I'd never seen the flower before either.
ReplyDeleteMMM, tamarind. One of my favourite flavours! But I've never seen the flower. Stunning!
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Oh so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteShe is beautiful. I have never seen one of these before.
ReplyDeleteThank you, everyone. And just in case you are wondering, they flowers are rather small- no larger than an inch.
ReplyDelete@ Clarissa - we have that drink too, though it is as a seasoning that I like it best.
@ Tina - it is the sour one- dark brown in colour
@ Ellie - the pods are really pretty too, aren't they- green and brown.
@ Dipali - eating those leaves was a highpoint of our childhood, wasn't it? Doesn't taste as good any more :-(
@ Tami/ Jan- we have a taste in common!