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Mung Yoga Bowl

The kind of bowl that keeps you strong - herb-packed yogurt dolloped over a hearty bowl of mung beans and quinoa, finished with toasted nuts and a simple paprika oil.

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Why it works: Ginger and mung bean work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 47 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-hexanol, which smells resin, flower. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4-6.
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, tree nuts (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. Toast the almonds and/or pepitas in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring, until fragrant. Coarsely chop and set aside.

  2. Blend the Greek yogurt, minced ginger, seeded serrano half, cilantro, green onion tops, spinach, half the salt, and a squeeze of lime juice until smooth.

  3. With the blender running, add the warmed olive oil in a thin stream to emulsify the sauce. Taste and add more lime juice if you like.

  4. Warm the cooked mung beans with a splash of water in a skillet over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and toss with the smoked paprika, the remaining salt, and a squeeze of lime juice.

  5. Divide the cooked quinoa among 4 to 6 bowls.

  6. Spoon the mung beans over the quinoa, then drizzle with the green sauce.

  7. Sprinkle with the toasted nuts or seeds and extra cilantro, and serve.

By 101cookbooks. 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. Ginger + mung beantop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together47 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  2. Spinach + quinoatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together79 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Yogurt + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

  4. Spinach + mung beantop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together15 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  5. Almond + olivetop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,586 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mung bean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, ginger, onion, spinach, quinoa, almond, olive):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Sesamebetter flavor fit
  3. Beansbetter flavor fit
  4. Mung beanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, ginger, onion, spinach, quinoa, almond, olive. 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).