You made a dish too sour – Sourness comes from acidic ingredients (including tomatoes, wine and vinegar). If your dish tastes too sour try to add sweetness—think sugar, honey ( it’s healthy! ), cream or even caramelized onions. You can also dilute the dish (same as you would with a dish with too much salt). qoppi/Shutterstock
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How do you neutralize tangy taste?
If your food is., too sour or acidic – Ever made a salad dressing or tomato sauce that makes your mouth pucker a little bit too much? Add a pinch of sugar and some salt for a quick fix. 
How do you neutralize tomato taste in curry?
Some people add a little sugar, but the alternative is to add a little bicarbonate of soda. (baking soda). This chemically neutralizes the acid. Just 1/4 teaspoon or so stirred into a pot will help balance the flavor so it’s not so tart.
Why does my food taste tangy?
Dysgeusia: Definition, Treatment & Causes Dysgeusia is a taste disorder. People with the condition feel that all foods taste sour, sweet, bitter or metallic. Dysgeusia can be caused by many different factors, including infection, some medications and vitamin deficiencies.
What can I do if my curry is too lemony?
To cut lemon flavor in a dish, you can add baking soda to neutralize the excess acidity. Add ¼ of a teaspoon per 1 cup of liquid. Stir and taste. Other ways to mask too much lemon flavor include adding sugar or honey, adding cheese, or diluting the sauce.
Why does my curry taste tomatoey?
Any time you find a tomato based food item “too tomatoey” you’re more than likely tasting the acidity of the tomato products. I always add a pinch of sweetener to any tomato based dish I make. And why you often hear of somebody’s secret ingredient in a chili cook off to be something with sugar in it like peanut butter or chocolate or honey. I used to always have this problem cooking tomato-based curries. To balance out tomato-ness, you either need something bland like dal, something with body and sweetness like onion (I also usually add a little palm jaggery or coconut sugar to wet curries and other sauces that have tomatoes), or some oily fatty creamy rich stuff (or all of them :D).
- I watched the video and I noticed that the tomatoes he used were really dry, and the tomato puree he used was thin (not very concentrated), so if you have juicy tomatoes and concentrated tomato puree you should probably use less.
- If you want to make the dish lower in fatty ingredients like butter, oil, yogurt and cream, you need to reduce the quantity of tomatoes to avoid it tasting too acidic.
answered Jun 13, 2020 at 7:35 
Zanna Zanna 1,035 6 silver badges 17 bronze badges I researched quite a bit and found that the longer you cook tomatoes the more you cook out the tomatoey flavor. Cooking 8-10 fresh tomatoes for fifteen minutes is not nearly enough. It needs to be cooked for at least 45 min if not 1-2 hours. That reduces it to near a paste and then you lose that tomatoey flavor. answered Jun 12, 2020 at 11:09 BigBrownBear00 BigBrownBear00 246 1 gold badge 2 silver badges 7 bronze badges 3
so that’s what you did? can you explain how did you get to this conclusion? Jun 12, 2020 at 13:49 Yes – I did this. I researched quite a bit and found that the longer you cook tomatoes the more you cook out the tomatoey flavor. Cooking 8-10 fresh tomatoes for fifteen minutes is not nearly enough. It needs to be cooked for at least 45 min if not 1-2 hours. That reduces it to near a paste and then you lose that tomatoey flavor. Jun 12, 2020 at 13:56 right, then edit your answer and add that, so other people can learn from you 🙂 Jun 12, 2020 at 14:04
There are two variations in tomatoes. One is highly acidic and another one is sweeter. I generally find tomatoes which are not elongated but not round comes with sweet notes. Tomatoes to butter chicken are added to balance sweet and sour. If your sauce happens to be of more tomato flavour make sure you try to cook puree in oil before adding spices. 
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This recipe calls for tomatoes added in two phases. Fresh tomatoes cooked down and a puree added later. Spices go in the former step. Which one would you cook longer? Jun 11, 2020 at 12:37 I follow this simple recipe. Heat some butter. Add a bay leaf or two and one or two slit green chillies. Next comes pureed onion. Fry till it turns brown. Next, I add ginger and garlic paste, fry for 20 seconds and then add my pureed tomatoes. I will cook it till I see oil oozing out of tomatoes and then use my spices and chicken. So, I use tomatoes only one in a pureed form. Jun 11, 2020 at 16:56
Why does my food taste like acid?
Do you notice a sour taste in your mouth that bothers you between meals? Or is your appetite suffering because your food just doesn’t taste as good as usual? What the heck causes that? Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission.
Dehydration. In some cases, that sour taste could come from something as simple as not drinking enough water. “Dehydration can leave your mouth dry and can alter your sense of taste,” Dr. Tully says. What you can do: Make a point of drinking at least six to eight glasses of water each day to boost your hydration Smoking. Smoking is another common culprit. Not only is it the No.1 cause of preventable disease and death. It also dulls your sense of taste, and may leave a sour or unpleasant taste in your mouth. What you can do: Add this side effect to your list of reasons to try to stop smoking, Not brushing and flossing properly. “Poor oral hygiene can often cause a sour taste in your mouth,” Dr. Tully says. “Poor oral hygiene can often cause a sour taste in your mouth,” Dr. Tully says. What you can do: Brush at least twice a day and floss at least once. And don’t skip those regular dental cleanings and check-ups, Dr. Tully advises. Infections or illness. When you get sick (with a cold or sinus infection, for example), your taste buds may feel the effects. When you get better, the sour taste should go away too. What you can do: Reduce your chances of picking up a bug or getting an infection by washing your hands often. Keep your hands away from your face (especially the mouth, nose and eyes). And, of course, avoid close contact with others who are sick. Medication and cancer treatment. Sometimes it’s not the infection or illness, but the medication you’re taking to treat it that leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Some antibiotics can cause a sour taste, Dr. Tully says. And it’s not just prescription medicines that have that effect. “Over-the-counter medicines such as antihistamines can cause the problem as well,” she says. “It also is sometimes a side effect of radiation therapy to the head or neck or chemotherapy to treat cancer.” Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). If the muscle that opens and closes the opening between your esophagus and stomach doesn’t close completely after you eat, food and stomach acid can travel back into the esophagus. This is another common cause of a sour or unpleasant taste. What you can do: You can help manage GERD with diet and lifestyle changes, such as reducing meal size, not eating for several hours before bed and elevating your head when you lie down. Advancing age. Dr. Tully notes that advancing age is another possible culprit behind that sour taste in your mouth. “As we age our taste buds shrink and become less sensitive,” she says. “This can affect your sense of taste.”
You may find help for the sour taste through better hygiene or by addressing other causes such as GERD. But you may need your doctor’s help in pinpointing the cause. “There are several reasons you may have a sour taste in your mouth,” says Dr. Tully. “In general, if you don’t have other symptoms it isn’t a cause for concern. But you should discuss it with your doctor.”
What does tangy taste like?
A tangy flavor or smell is one that is sharp, especially a flavor like that of lemon juice or a smell like that of sea air.
