Announcing JFI July- Jihva for Tamarind

Jihva for Ingredients aka JFI as it is known among the food bloggers is one of the most popular food blogging events out there. JFI is the brainchild of Indira of Mahanandi, who started this event to celebrate and showcase a different natural ingredient every month. The pleasure of hosting JFI this month is all mine, thank you Indira for this opportunity!

The chosen ingredient this month is Tamarind. Tamarind is an essential ingredient in Indian cuisine and is widely used in other Asian, Latin American and Caribbean cuisines. It is also one of the main ingredients of Worcestershire sauce, a popular condiment in the Western cuisine. In other words, Tamarind is truly a universal ingredient, so I am sure there are tons of recipes out there using this very versatile fruit. The popularity of tamarind is evident from the fact that there is at least one restaurant called Tamarind something or  Something Tamarind in most cities.

Tamarind is available for purchase in most speciality food stores and Asian and Latin American grocery stores in the form of paste, pulp, juice, concentrate and even as a whole fruit form when in season. I just picked up a large box of Sweet Tamarind from Whole Foods market.  So there are no excuses like you can’t find Tamarind! Let’s get those creative juices flowing, you can make anything edible using any form of Tamarind.

Sweet Tamarind

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70 Responses to “Announcing JFI July- Jihva for Tamarind”

  1. Siri says:

    Great choice for JFI Sig… :smile: I made sumthing today ..will post and send the details tmrw.. :cool:

    Siri :(Martini):

  2. Indira says:

    Love the tamarind, and can’t live (=cook dal) without tamarind. :)
    Thank you Sig for featuring this excellent natural ingredient for Jihva.

  3. Tamarind is a favorite with all of us.. My husband loves it too :drool: ..ha ha

  4. Maheswari says:

    Excellent choice.For us everyday cooking needs tamarind…

  5. hmmm, interesting choice! shud find something interesting to make! :-)

  6. Jayashree says:

    Lovely choice……

  7. Uma says:

    tamarind is a wonderful choice, Sig! I have something for this event,shall post it soon. :smile:

  8. jayasree says:

    Great choice… The word tamarind is enough to make my mouth water.

  9. Srivalli says:

    lovely sig..will send something in !

  10. swati raman says:

    umm hmm … good good… will prepare southie coz of this.. and garg will have to have it…

  11. Happy Cook says:

    Hey sig I know why you choose tamarind, you want all of us to try Siv’s famous :(Martini): with tamarind.
    I am in as one use tamaring a lot.
    Great choice

  12. Rashmi says:

    Fun theme :(Yes):

  13. Mythili says:

    That’s super cool an ingredient! Awesome choice babe.

  14. musical says:

    Lovely choice, Sig! And very neat design to send entries for the event! You are one creative gal :)

  15. Nandita says:

    Love your styles of formatting :)
    Tamarind is the perfect ingredient, anyway as I’m doing a traditional lunch series, I could send you one entry every day :P But i wont do that as I like you very much…
    Only if you’ll try and figure why my posts don’t appear on Taste of India :)
    Hugs

  16. Raaga says:

    ooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. No limit to the number of entries, right??? Love you Sig

  17. arundathi says:

    fantastic idea, sig. gotta find something unusual for you :-)

  18. veda says:

    Count me in Sig!!!!! :smile: :(Yes):

  19. sunita says:

    That’s a nice theme :smile:

  20. sia says:

    :(Yes): girl, count me in!!! that a lovely, lovely pic of tamarind:)

  21. Nirmala says:

    This is amma’s most favorite ingredient. We cannot simply live wihtout this. I will be having quite some entries Sig!

  22. Padmaja says:

    Sig!!
    Wowww!! Tamarind eh!! I cannot make dals or sambhar without using tamarind. I just love it!!!
    Can’t wait to cook something for u now!!

  23. Shankari says:

    I will definitely make something with tamarind, provided I find the tamarind I want. Just one look at the picture and I knew what to make…a good pick Sig!

  24. sukanya says:

    That was a nice choice Sig.

  25. sangeeth says:

    my entries are coming right away….tamrind…i use it almost daily …u have made it easy for me :)

  26. RAMYA BALAN says:

    WOW AWESOME CHOICE, AND THE PICTURE IS TOO GOOD WITH THE REDDISH PULP SHOWING.

  27. Kalai says:

    I love tamarind!!! It’s definitely one my favorite ingredients! Will try to make something worthy of this choice! :party: :(Yes):

  28. Laavanya says:

    Lovely choice of ingredient Sig and an entry form? How cool is that?! :)

  29. Aparna says:

    Hey Sig,
    First off lovely site and lovely pics. New to the food blogosphere; Had a question about JFI does the recipe have to be our brain child or can it be a spin off of something that our moms have cooked or something that you would find off of the net (with proper references of course) and how do you deal with duplicate dishes sent across? Hope you find sometime to answer, looking forward to the event
    -Aparna
    http://threemangoes.blogspot.com

  30. Aparna says:

    P.S: Indira’s site is down hence bombarding you with all the q’s

  31. shilpa says:

    Wow..what a nice way of announcing the event Sig. I love the cute form you created to send the entries.

  32. Latha says:

    Good choice Sig! I should be able to send u a bunch of entries what with us using tamarind all the time! Cute logo and smart form :-)

  33. Aparna says:

    Hey sig,
    Thanks a bunch for answering all my questions. Will send you some recipes by the scheduled date. Hope to see see you around
    -A

  34. oh wow!! I should be able to come up with something for this…. Tamarind is used in almost all curries in south india!! love the pic, btw! :smile:

  35. Purnima says:

    :(Yes): A beautiful choice.. The bared tamarind is making me =P~ !

  36. Asha says:

    Great choice. I can make a dish and send to 3 events this time! :evil:

  37. Rajitha says:

    tamarind is a great choice..you know it has been weeks i have used it!..aah finally :D

  38. sangeeth says:

    Hi, mailed u my entry because I cudnt submit the form…hope u got it….

  39. Suganya says:

    Aha! What a wonderful pick. I am all set.

  40. Siri says:

    Sig - I just sent u my entry. Hope u received it! :smile:

    Siri :(Flower):

  41. Asha says:

    I sent it too with first photo at Aroma post, but didn’t get any confirmation like Bee’s form. Wondering if you got it!:)

  42. sangeeth says:

    Sig- I just sent you my second entry..hope u recieved it…

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  45. Raaga says:

    :party:

    I sent my first entry :-)

  46. Miri says:

    Just sent in my entry - looking forward to the round up!

  47. nags says:

    i love the entry form idea! its really cool!!

    have sent u mine :)

  48. sabita says:

    hi sig i sent my entry for the JFI tamarind , plz let me know if u got it or no.
    Take care
    sabita

  49. Maya says:

    Hi Sig, just sent you an entry :)..Thank you for hosting.

  50. What a pity, I posted tamarind balls recenlty but it was in May. Anyway, I’m looking forward the round-up to see what other’s will make :)

    Margot

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  52. Srivalli says:

    hey sig..thats a lovely form…I am now thinking I should also have something like that.. :nerd:

    just entered my details..not got the confirmation mail…but you know I have an entry for you! :evil:

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  54. srilekha says:

    you have a very nice blog and i have send my entry for JFI - July. plz let me know once u get my mail.

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  58. sireesha says:

    I love the theme very much.Sig I just send my entry.Hope u receive it.

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  62. tbc says:

    Hey Sig,
    I just sent u my entry, just in time, I hope… :smile: I hope you have received it.

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  66. Ramki says:

    Hi Sig,

    Not wanting you to have the last word on Tamarind, have sent in a One page cookbook with 10 simple Tamarind recipes. :smile:

    /Cheers

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  68. preethi says:

    Is Tamarind good for your health ? I came to know that it absorbs iron from your blood, making you anemic. Is this true ??

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