Tamarind-Cashew Dipping Sauce (like Cheesecake Factory) rec.food.cooking/vmpaul/2003 Want a good one? I love this one. It's very unique and very different Tastes great. Similar to one of the sauces you get at the Cheesecake Factory when you order the lettuce wraps. It looks complicated but it's not. It's fairly quick to make. Tamarind is usually found in the supermarket produce section. Looks like dried snow peas and you need only one or two for this batch size. 1/4 cup chopped cashews 2/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 cloves garlic, quartered 2 green onions, chopped 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. black pepper 1 tsp. cumin ---- 1/2 cup honey 4 tsp. white vinegar 1 tsp. balsamic vinegar 1/2 tsp. tamarind pulp* Pinch ground saffron 1/4 cup olive oil Combine first 7 ingredients in food processor. Blend with short bursts until the mixture is well blended, and the cashews and garlic have been chopped into pieces about half the size of a grain of rice. Combine the honey, vinegars, tamarind, and saffron in a small bowl. Heat the mixture for about 1 minute in microwave then stir until tamarind pulp dissolves completely. Pour mixture into blender or food processor and mix with cashew mixture (about 20 seconds). Pour sauce into bowl, add the oil and stir by hand. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes.
Editor's note: * Source for Tamarind Concentrate/Paste
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