Why it works: Wakame and wasabi share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 3 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Contains: egg, soy, fish, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
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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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Wakame + wasabitop 4% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Avocado + wasabitop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together46 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Cucumber + avocadotop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together299 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).
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Sesame + wasabitop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together68 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together643 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).
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