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10-Minute Hummus & Greek Salad Naan Recipe

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Why it works: Naan and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Warm each naan in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 1 minute per side, until soft and lightly toasted.

  2. While the naan warms, put the chopped cucumber, chopped tomato and sliced romaine in a bowl, add the balsamic vinegar and toss well to coat.

  3. Spread the hummus evenly over the warm naan, leaving a small border around the edges.

  4. Pile the salad mixture on top of the hummus, spreading it out across the naan.

  5. Scatter the crumbled feta and quartered kalamata olives over the salad.

  6. Cut each naan into wedges or fold it in half and serve right away.

By cookincanuck. 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. Naan + lettucetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

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

  3. Cucumber + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,409 recipes

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

  4. Feta cheese + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,438 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  5. Cucumber + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,402 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lettuce

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, naan, feta cheese, olive, cucumber, tomato, vinegar):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Potatoabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Lettucethe original
  4. Spinachabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, naan, feta cheese, olive, cucumber, tomato, vinegar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).