Why it works: Black-eyed pea and coconut work together. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 6 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Yield: 4 to 6 servingsIngredients
Contains: peanut (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
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The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Black-eyed pea + coconuttop 8% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together6 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Thyme + peppertop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together11,585 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Peanut + coconuttop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together434 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).
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Black-eyed pea + peppertop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together150 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Onion + thymetop 5% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together11,172 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the peanut
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (black-eyed pea, onion, thyme, apple cider vinegar, pepper, coconut):
- Beansbetter flavor fit
- Chickpeabetter flavor fit
- Lentilsabout as good a flavor fit
- Peanutthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against black-eyed pea, onion, thyme, apple cider vinegar, pepper, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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