Shallot + Mung bean
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 11 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Do shallot and mung bean go together?
Yes. 11 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 203 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 2% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
Almost everything shallot carries, mung bean has too: 203 of shallot's 223 flavor molecules also occur in mung bean. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What each one brings
shallot
The sulfurous side. Sulfurous notes make up 7% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 3% for mung bean. It carries 20 molecules mung bean doesn't have.
mung bean
The tartness. Sour notes make up 19% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for shallot. It carries 62 molecules shallot doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Welsh onion: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with shallot, top 1% with mung bean.
- Chive: top 1% of pairs with shallot, top 4% with mung bean.
- Chanterelle: top 1% of pairs with shallot, top 11% with mung bean.
- Lentils: top 1% of pairs with shallot, top 2% with mung bean.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with shallot and mung bean
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (91% of shallot's and 77% of mung bean's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 203 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 20 only in shallot and the 62 only in mung bean.
Shallot and mung bean questions
Do shallot and mung bean go together?
A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 11 recipes, and they share 203 flavor molecules: the top 2% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do shallot and mung bean taste good together?
Almost everything shallot carries, mung bean has too: 203 of shallot's 223 flavor molecules also occur in mung bean. Among the shared key aromas are coumarin (sweet, hay) and 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).
What goes with shallot and mung bean?
Welsh onion is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with shallot and top 1% with mung bean. Chive and chanterelle also fit both.
What can you make with shallot and mung bean?
Mostly desserts: 1 of the 2 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Banana Blossom Salad, Khanom Mo Keang (Thai Custard).
Can I use mung bean instead of shallot?
Fairly well, for flavor. Each carries most of the other's flavor molecules (91% of shallot's and 77% of mung bean's are shared). This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Shallot vs Mung Bean. https://compkitchen.com/compare/shallot-vs-mung-bean. Accessed 2026-11-04.
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title = {Compound similarity analysis: Shallot vs Mung Bean},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/shallot-vs-mung-bean},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
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Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.