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Dainty Dhokla Recipe

This light, spongy savoury snack with a zingy topping is ideal to serve at teatime. Dhokla is made from steamed chickpea flour batter.

By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Chickpea and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Dainty Dhokla Recipe

4 people
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1133Calories
24 gProtein
44 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 15 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Date1 date (24g) medjool66
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Tamarindnot 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. Chickpea + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Turmeric + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Chickpea + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together56 recipes

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

  4. Turmeric + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,279 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Chickpea + mustardtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, flour, turmeric, sugar, lemon, ginger, sunflower):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Kalefits better
  3. Arrowrootfits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, flour, turmeric, sugar, lemon, ginger, sunflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.