Paletas de Tamarindo
These beautiful amber colored paletas de tamarindo taste like sweet tea on a stick and are very refreshing, especially on a sweltering hot day.
Servings: 10 popsicles
Ingredients
- 15 tamarind pods
- 4 1/2 cups water
- ¾ cups sugar
Instructions
- Remove hard out shells from tamarind pods.
- Bring tamarind pods and water to a boil.
- While the tamarind is boiling mash them with a potato masher.
- Remove from heat, cover, and let steep for about 30 minutes.
- Using a colander strain the liquid, discard peels, strings, and seeds, and add sugar.
- Pour into 10 3-ounce ice-pop molds.
- Transfer molds to the freezer and freeze until slushy, about 30 minutes.
- Insert a popsicle stick into each mold and freeze until pops are solid, about 3 hours more.
- To release ice pops from molds, run the bottom of the molds briefly under warm water.
Notes
If you want agua de tamarindo this is the same recipe - just skip the freezing.
Nutrition
Calories: 94kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg