Tomato + Cashew nut
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 86 recipes, and they share 224 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and cashew nut go together?
Yes. 86 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 224 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything cashew nut carries, tomato has too: 224 of cashew nut's 229 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What each one brings
tomato
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 15% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for cashew nut. It carries 286 molecules cashew nut doesn't have.
cashew nut
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for tomato. It carries 5 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Lentils: the best fit for both, top 8% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with cashew nut.
- Chickpea: top 3% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with cashew nut.
- Avocado: top 2% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with cashew nut.
- Pasta: top 6% of pairs with tomato, top 1% with cashew nut.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and cashew nut
Mostly mains: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Only partly. Almost all of cashew nut's flavor molecules (224 of 229) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 286 that cashew nut lacks. Cashew nut gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 224 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 286 only in tomato and the 5 only in cashew nut.
Tomato and cashew nut questions
Do tomato and cashew nut go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 86 recipes, and they share 224 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and cashew nut taste good together?
Almost everything cashew nut carries, tomato has too: 224 of cashew nut's 229 flavor molecules also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy) and coumarin (sweet, hay).
What goes with tomato and cashew nut?
Lentils is the best third ingredient: top 8% of pairs with tomato and top 1% with cashew nut. Chickpea and avocado also fit both.
What can you make with tomato and cashew nut?
Mostly mains: 3 of the 4 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Bombay Bhel, Fish Molee, Malai Kurma, Malai Mixed Vegetable Curry.
Can I use cashew nut instead of tomato?
Only partly. Almost all of cashew nut's flavor molecules (224 of 229) are also found in tomato, but tomato has 286 that cashew nut lacks. Cashew nut gives you part of tomato's character without most of its fruit. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Cashew Nut. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-cashew-nut. Accessed 2026-11-07.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Cashew Nut},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-cashew-nut},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.