Kudampuli (Dried malabar tamarind) is used to add sourness to dishes /curries in Kerala. This is also Kerala’s secret spice in seafood. Kodampuli is a medium sized, evergreen tree and the flowers are sessile and axillary. Its leaves are dark green, elliptic, shining to obviate. It bears sweet sour mixed fruit. The fruit may resemble a yellow pumpkin. When the…