Assam Skin is the sun-dried outer skin of fruit from the Garcinia Xanthochymus (Asam Kandis) tree, native to some countries like Malaysia and Indonesia. The very sour fruit is commonly used for cooking in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. The skin and the fruit are particularly sour. The skin is dried and added to recipes that require the sour flavour.
Used mainly in fish curries. Its acidity and flavour are subtly different to the sour fruitiness of the more commonly used souring agent such as tamarind
