gal siyambala (ගල් සියඹලා)
Language: Sinhala
Description: Velvet tamarind. It is similar to tamarind, a sour-sweet fruit, sometimes known as the Indian date, and is used as a souring agent.
Latin: Dialium cochinchinense, Dialium ovoideum
Ethnicity: Indian, Sinhalese
Most frequent country: Sri Lanka
Also known as: kallu pullium
See foods and dishes: amili, amli, anbali, chincha, chinta chiguru, chinta pamdu, chintakaaya, chujor, huli, hunasai hunnu, hunasin kai, impli pattai, Indian date, pamdu, puli, siyambala, tentul, valan
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