Why it works: Sweet potato and ginger work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 306 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Latkes with Scallions and Kimchi
Serves 12Ingredients
Directions
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Kimchi | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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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.
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Sweet potato + gingertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together306 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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Sweet potato + ricetop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together137 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).
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Sweet potato + flourtop 9% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together627 recipes
Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
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Rice + gingertop 10% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together2,196 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Sweet potato + yogurttop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together119 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the ginger
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, egg, rice, flour, yogurt):
- Turmericfits better
- Cinnamonfits better
- Nutmegfits better
- Gingerthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, egg, rice, flour, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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