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Marinated Warm Pumpkin Salad

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Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Marinated Warm Pumpkin Salad

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

896Calories
20 gProtein
9 gFat
193 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 22 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Dates1 date (24g) medjool66
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Maple Syrup1 tbsp (20ml)52
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Buckwheatnot 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.

Recipe from Foodista.

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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. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cardamom + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together667 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the pumpkin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, turmeric):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, ginger, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, turmeric. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.