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Lamb Cutlets Marinated with Spiced Dates and Sultanas

This recipe requires quite a few specialist spices, but you won’t be disappointed with Indian-inspired marinated lamb served with green chutney and kachumber salad.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 34 ingredients
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Why it works: Cardamom and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 190 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lamb Cutlets Marinated with Spiced Dates and Sultanas

Serves 4
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

886Calories
32 gProtein
53 gFat
82 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Dates1 date (24g) medjool66
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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 bbcfood. 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. Cardamom + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Ginger + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,114 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Cardamom + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Lemon + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,289 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

Swap the dates

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, garlic, cardamom, lemon, onion, lamb, lime):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Orangefits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Datesthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, garlic, cardamom, lemon, onion, lamb, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.