Unexplained sweetness

A_Sober_Paddy

So just had some slow cooker tikka mansala, it had a bit of a sweet after taste.

Only two things were different, used green beans and a new Garam Masala blend.

The garam Masala blend had cloves, cinnamon in it which the other didn't

BuffyBot

A_Sober_Paddy wrote: »

So just had some slow cooker tikka mansala, it had a bit of a sweet after taste.

Only two things were different, used green beans and a new Garam Masala blend.

The garam Masala blend had cloves, cinnamon in it which the other didn't

Seems unlikely to be either of those ingredients. Did anything else change?

Melendez

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Day Lewin

Cinnamon does intensify sweetness, that is the reason it is often used with fruit, pastry, etc.

(I even use it as a sugar substitute on porridge)

So it might be that.

A_Sober_Paddy

The cook time and style were both the same as previous

Tree

And did you eat anything different before it? Like toothpaste makes everything sweet after (apart from orange juice) IME

dudara

As previous said, cinnamon can really enhance existing sweetness, which is why you get it with custard tarts in Portugal or with baked sweet potatoes in the US