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Vegetable Samosas with Chilli Sauce

Try making a batch of these easy, tasty samosas. Just fry the filling and wrap it in a simple pastry, then deep fry for a great lunchtime or picnic snack.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 33 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Vegetable Samosas with Chilli Sauce

Makes 24 samosas
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1378Calories
28 gProtein
42 gFat
230 gCarbs

Counts 21 of 23 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 21 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Ginger + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together280 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, pear).

  5. Coriander + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together420 recipes

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

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, onion, ginger, mustard, coriander, cumin):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Mangothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, onion, ginger, mustard, coriander, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.