Why it works: Tamarind and onion match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 11% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 426 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓
Delicious Curry Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the shin-bone soup as before, omitting the coconut milk, chana dal powder, limes, and coriander seeds.
Boil the tamarind in a little of the beef or shin soup, then strain it into the chicken while frying.
Add salt, fried onions, and curry leaves when the meat is tender.
Remove from heat and serve hot.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Tamarind + oniontop 11% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together426 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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