Authentic Thai Recipe Ingredient: Madras thorn
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Madras thorn
มะขามเทศ (Makham thet)
Madras thorn looks and tastes similar to Tamarind, but is said to be less strongly flavored. It is eaten as a fruit in Thailand. The name in Thai is Makham thet, which means "foreign Makham".