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Summer Rolls with Baked Tofu and Sweet-and-Savory Dipping Sauce

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Summer Rolls with Baked Tofu and Sweet-and-Savory Dipping Sauce

Why it works: Lime and basil match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 505 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Summer Rolls with Baked Tofu and Sweet-and-Savory Dipping Sauce

Makes 4 (Makes 8 rolls) servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

343Calories
17 gProtein
19 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 13 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Beannot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Saucenot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

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

By epicurious. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Lime + basiltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together505 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Carrot + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Cucumber + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together734 recipes

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

  4. Cucumber + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together649 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Carrot + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together646 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, rice, vinegar, sugar, lime, tofu, basil):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, rice, vinegar, sugar, lime, tofu, basil. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.