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Curried Egg Salad in Mini Pitas

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Curried Egg Salad in Mini Pitas

Why it works: Shallot and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 93 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Curried Egg Salad in Mini Pitas

Makes 16

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

213Calories
9 gProtein
7 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Shallot + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Mustard + watercresstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Shallot + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together859 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Shallot + cumintop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together90 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cumin + watercresstop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the apple

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, apple cider vinegar, mustard, cumin, egg, pepper, watercress):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Applethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against shallot, apple cider vinegar, mustard, cumin, egg, pepper, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.