Tomato + Yogurt
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,760 recipes, and they share 97 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Do tomato and yogurt go together?
Yes. 1,760 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 97 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 13% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of yogurt's flavor molecules (97 of 151) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-octenal (fatty, green).
What each one brings
tomato
The herbal side. Herbal notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for yogurt. It carries 413 molecules yogurt doesn't have.
yogurt
The dairy side. Dairy notes make up 8% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 2% for tomato. It carries 54 molecules tomato doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Olive: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 8% with yogurt.
- Coriander: top 1% of pairs with tomato, top 10% with yogurt.
- Chickpea: top 3% of pairs with tomato, top 10% with yogurt.
- Cumin: top 2% of pairs with tomato, top 12% with yogurt.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with tomato and yogurt
Almost always mains: 335 of the 401 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: tomato has 413 molecules yogurt doesn't, and yogurt has 54 that tomato doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 97 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 413 only in tomato and the 54 only in yogurt.
Tomato and yogurt questions
Do tomato and yogurt go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,760 recipes, and they share 97 flavor molecules: the top 13% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do tomato and yogurt taste good together?
More than half of yogurt's flavor molecules (97 of 151) also occur in tomato. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-octenal (fatty, green).
What goes with tomato and yogurt?
Olive is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with tomato and top 8% with yogurt. Coriander and chickpea also fit both.
What can you make with tomato and yogurt?
Almost always mains: 335 of the 401 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Cold Yogurt and Tomato Soup (Hasa Laban Ma' Tomata), Tomato-Yogurt Shake, Avocado-Stuffed Tomatoes, Beefy Yogurt Pita.
Can I use yogurt instead of tomato?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: tomato has 413 molecules yogurt doesn't, and yogurt has 54 that tomato doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. 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 Yogurt. https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-yogurt. Accessed 2026-11-05.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Tomato vs Yogurt},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/tomato-vs-yogurt},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.