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Sweet Tamarind Pickle

This is an on-the-way recipe, which you can savour with anything. You an also gulp it whenever you feel like having it. Extremely sinful recipe for a very easy tamarind pickle.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Tamarind and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 184 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Sweet Tamarind Pickle

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

57Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
14 gCarbs

Counts 3 of 5 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 3 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Tamarindnot in our table0
Seednot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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 + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together184 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Tamarind + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together362 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Sugar + cumintop 32% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,140 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tamarind, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits about as well
  3. Cuminthe original
  4. Turmericfits less well

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