Tamarind or Assam Jawa (the Malay word) is widely used in cooking. Besides that, it can also be eaten raw.A friend bought me some recently and here's how it look. All you have to do is to peel open the fruit which contains a soft acidic pulp and many hard-coated seeds. The pulp when eaten has a sweet after taste and it's either you love it or will not touch it again. And it was such a coincident that I stumbled upon an Assam Jawa tree that afternoon; could not resist a photo.
