Tamarind/Ukwaju and Passion Juice Recipe

You can never go wrong with fresh fruit juices. Here is how you can prepare sweet tamarind and passion juice.

Tamarind/Ukwaju and Passion Juice Recipe

Ingredients

1 handful of Ukwaju/tamarind

10 passion fruits

6 tbsp of sugar

1 glass of warm water

2 glasses of water

1/2 tsp of grated ginger

Procedure

Remove the tamarinds from the pods

Soak them in warm water for around 30 minutes to soften them.

Meanwhile, extract juice from the passion fruits, and sieve them. Keep a few seeds for garnishing the drink.

Unseed the tamarinds using your hands, then crushed them to a pulp while still soft and wet.

Sieve the tamarind chunks to get rid of the fibre and obtain tamarind juice.

Add the ginger to the tamarind.

Combine the tamarind and passion juice in a mixing bowl.

Add sugar as you taste until you obtain the flavour you want

Add in the water and mix

Garnish the drink with passion seeds.

Serve chilled, and enjoy!