Step 1. Wash the tamarind fruit (pod) with water to get rid of all the dirt.
Step 2. Now remove all the seeds from the tamarind pod and keep it ready for boiling.
Step 3. Pour about two glasses of water and let it boil.
Step 4. Now, add the tamarind fruit in the bowl of boiling water and let it cook on a low flame.
Step 5. Say after 5-10 minutes, check if the tamarind fruit has soaked and cooked.
Step 6. If it has, then the water will turn into a think dark brown liquid.
Step 7. Use a blender and grind all the boiled content.
Step 8. Now, use a drainer and drain the boiled content in another bowl leaving behind the waste particles and let it cool.
Step 9. Meanwhile, either make a sugar syrup by boiling a tablespoon of sugar in a glass of water and let it boil or use honey instead.
Step 10. After the boiled content (tamarind pulp) has cooled down, add the sugar syrup (cooled) or honey as per your taste.
Step 11. Now crush some ice in a blender and add it to the mixture of tamarind pulp and sugar syrup or honey and serve.