Tamarind
Tamarind (Imli in Hindi) is a sweet, sour and acidic fruit used in various recipes. Tamarind fruit grows on a medium sized bushy tree which can reach up to a height of 60 feet, sometimes even taller. The tree has a thick trunk, and a dense foliage with large leaves. The leaves have between 10-20 pairs of small leaflets, and red and yellow flowers followed by long pods. The pods have a curved, budged, hard and stiff shell which contains brown or reddish pulp with shiny hard se