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Butternut Squash Kutta Recipe

The sweetness of the butternut squash and sultanas combines beautifully with the piquancy of the lemon and celery.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Butternut Squash Kutta Recipe

4 people
Prep15 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

280Calories
4 gProtein
15 gFat
37 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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 lovefood. 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. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  5. Turmeric + butternut squashtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together83 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, ginger, turmeric, olive, butternut squash, tomato):

  1. Kalefits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, ginger, turmeric, olive, butternut squash, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.