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Tamarind Caramel Popcorn Recipe

Tamarind works so well in this recipe, balancing out the sweetness of the caramel and giving a lovely tangy after-taste to the popcorn.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Tamarind and cinnamon share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 98 recipes. Both carry cinnamyl acetate, which smells sweet aromatic, cinnamon. The science ↓

Tamarind Caramel Popcorn Recipe

2 people
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr 10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

404Calories
4 gProtein
32 gFat
32 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Tamarindnot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By lovefood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Tamarind + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: cinnamyl acetate (sweet aromatic, cinnamon).

  2. Cream + buttertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together41,516 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Corn + cinnamontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together647 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  4. Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Sugar + cinnamontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together30,779 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sugar and cinnamon barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 30,779 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tamarind

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, sugar, cream, butter, cinnamon):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Figfits better
  4. Tamarindthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, sugar, cream, butter, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.