Perfect Pairings & Recipes for
Tamarind Purée

Exquisite tamarind purée flavour pairings and recipes, revealed through data science.

Tamarind purée conjures the evocative embrace of caramel and the bracing kiss of apricot, woven with delicate hints of molasses, mango, and passion fruit. These are the notes that lend it such remarkable, resonant depth. The key to an exceptional synergy lies in understanding how these notes harmonise and interact.

To illuminate these harmonies, we embarked on an ambitious journey, analysing thousands of ingredients. Each was meticulously deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, allowing us to pinpoint precisely which notes complement in both classic and unexpected ways. Our analysis reveals, for example, how lamb's adipose tones enrich tamarind purée, and how broccoli's brassica notes create a surprising synergy with its warm sweetness.

An ingredient's flavour profile is determined by its core characteristics (e.g. acidic, floral, and spice) enhanced by layers of subtle aroma notes (outer bars). When pairing ingredients, aim for a mix of core traits to build balance, and select complementary aroma notes to create harmony.

The Art of Flavour Pairing

To understand exactly which flavours harmonise, we compiled a database of over 50,000 ingredient pairings commonly used in cooking. We then analysed these pairings, identifying the specific flavour notes that frequently appear together.

The Flavours That Harmonise With Caramel Notes

Our analysis shows that the flavour of caramel is strongly associated with the flavour of cabbage. This suggests we should look for ingredients with a cabbagy flavour, such as broccoli, when pairing with the caramel accents of tamarind purée.

The recipe below provides inspiration for pairing tamarind purée with broccoli.

Harmonious Flavours Of Tamarind Purée

Just as our analysis found that caramel and cabbagy flavour accents often complement each other, we can identify the full profile of flavours that harmonise with each of the flavour accents present in tamarind purée. For instance, the apricot notes of tamarind purée are strongly associated with milky and jasminine flavours.

The aroma notes associated with the various notes of tamarind purée can be seen highlighted in the pink bars below.

Matching Flavour Profiles

The flavour profile of lamb offers many of the aroma accents complementary to tamarind purée, including fatty and gamey aroma notes. Because the flavour profile of lamb has many of the of the features that are complementary to tamarind purée, they are likely to pair very well together.

The chart above shows the unique profile of lamb across 150 dimensions of flavour, while the recipes below offer inspiration for bringing these flavours together with tamarind purée.

Recipes That Pair Tamarind Purée With Lamb

Linked Flavour Notes

Looking at the aroma notes that are most strongly associated with the various flavours of tamarind purée, we can identify other ingredients that are likely to pair well.

The left side of the chart above highlights the aroma notes of tamarind purée, along with the complementary aromas associated with each note. While the right side shows some of the ingredients that share many of the notes complementary to tamarind purée.

What To Drink With Tamarind Purée

The lacteal notes in estremadura make it a perfect pairing with tamarind purée. Likewise, the graphite flavours in saumur champigny create a match made in heaven. Explore a variety of ingredients below that beautifully complement the unique character of tamarind purée below.

Which Vegetables Go With Tamarind Purée?

Choose vegetables that ground its turpentiness or anchor its sharp acidity. Pea offers vibrant, clean counterpoints, its verdant freshness lifting the palate. Carrot add a gentle, oniony brightness, while tomato introduces a sophisticated, anise-tinged elegance.

Alternatively, embrace vegetables that harmonise with tamarind purée's sweetness. The addition of baby bok choy, with its subtle brassica notes, can complement the caramel beautifully. Red chilli bridges earthiness and citrus zest, while jalapeño lends a pungent vegetal notes.

How Flavonomics Works

We've pioneered a unique, data-driven approach to decode the intricate art of flavour pairing. Our goal is to move beyond intuition and uncover the science of why certain ingredients harmonise beautifully. This rigorous methodology allows us to provide you with insightful and reliable pairing recommendations.

Our analysis begins with over 50,000 carefully selected recipes from acclaimed chefs like Galton Blackiston, Marcello Tully, and Pierre Lambinon. This premium dataset ensures our model distils genuine culinary excellence and creativity.

Each ingredient from these recipes is deconstructed across 150 distinct flavour dimensions, creating a unique numerical "flavour fingerprint." This quantification allows us to apply advanced analytical methods to identify complex patterns between flavour notes.

We identify popular ingredient combinations that frequently appear in our recipe database. Regression analysis is then performed on these pairings to statistically validate and pinpoint truly harmonious flavours.

These insights drive our predictive model, which allows us to take any ingredient (e.g., Tamarind purée), analyse its detailed flavour profile, and accurately reveal its complementary flavours and perfect ingredient partners.