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Indonesian Lazy Chillies

This is called sambal oelek in Indonesia. Store in your fridge and use where chillies are needed in your recipes. Will last for months in the fridge!

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Sugar and vinegar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and 20,806 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-damascenone, which smells apple, rose. The science ↓

Indonesian Lazy Chillies

Makes 1 jar

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By bbcgoodfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Sugar + vinegartop 15% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together20,806 recipes

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

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