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Courgette Bhaji Wrap Recipe

A vegetarian bhaji slathered with a spiced pea, ricotta and dill purée, all served in plain flour tortilla wraps.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Ginger and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,733 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Courgette Bhaji Wrap Recipe

4 people
Prep10 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1012Calories
34 gProtein
29 gFat
148 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Ricotta Cheese1/2 cup (124g) part-skim174
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Pea Shootsnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
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 lovefood. 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. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cumin + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Watercress + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Watercress + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (watercress, flour, ginger, onion, cumin, dill, ricotta cheese):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against watercress, flour, ginger, onion, cumin, dill, ricotta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.