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Cucumber Dill Salad

Vegan salad with a fat free dressing.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Cucumber Dill Salad

Why it works: Cucumber and radish match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 212 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Cucumber Dill Salad

Serves 4
Prep1 hr

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

698Calories
30 gProtein
48 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. 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. Cucumber + radishtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Cucumber + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Radish + dilltop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Radish + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together323 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetal (cream, earthy).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, radish, onion, apple cider vinegar, sugar, dill, lamb):

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

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, radish, onion, apple cider vinegar, sugar, dill, lamb. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.