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Sarbat of Green Mangoes

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Why it works: Mango and sugar work together. They rank in the top 22% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 561 recipes. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Sarbat of Green Mangoes

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

49Calories
0 gProtein
0 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Rosenot 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 a historical cookbook.

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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. Mango + sugartop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together561 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  2. Mango + rosetop 23% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  3. Sugar + rosetop 25% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together3,584 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, rose):

  1. Vanillafits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Raspberryfits better
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, rose. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.