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Curried Tofu Salad

"A great vegetarian alternative to tuna or chicken salad. Sweet and spicy!"

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Curried Tofu Salad

Why it works: Lemon and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,047 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Curried Tofu Salad

6 servings
Prep25 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

526Calories
27 gProtein
25 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tofu100g firm76
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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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. Lemon + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  2. Pepper + carrottop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,555 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Tofu + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together98 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Carrot + peanuttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together354 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Lemon + carrottop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,351 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, lemon, vinegar, pepper, sauce, carrot, peanut):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, lemon, vinegar, pepper, sauce, carrot, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.