Tirk umpel.
( Tamarind sauce ).

Khmer ethnic sweet, sour, and spicy tamarind sauce is delicous for dipping meat or seafood.
• Ingredients :
  • 1/3 Cup water
  • 2 Tablespoons seedless tamarind pulps
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 Cloves garlic, crushed(option)
  • 2 Chopped hot pepper(option)
• Procedures :
  Put water and tamarind in a small sauce-pan, stirs and cook till water bubbling.
  Add sugar, fish sauce, garlic and hot chili pepper, stirs till sugar dissolved, removed from heat, let it cool before serve.
  Note: Tamarind absorb liquid very fast like sponge, add more fish sauce as you eat. If you like sweeter, add more sugar. More fish sause if you like it saltier.
  Always taste the sauce to your liking before serve.