Why it works: Sweet potato and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 177 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓
Mee Rebus
Ingredients
Directions
Preparation:
fry prawn shells in a little oil for several minutes, add water to make stock. Strain.
peel and boil sweet potatoes, then mash.
boil eggs, shell and cut into four.
prepare rempah in blender, add prawn and blend till smooth.
fry finely sliced shallots.
cut tofu into small cubes and deep fried in oil.
dry fry the baby shrimps.
Fry rempah in oil till fragrant, add beef add prawn stock, coconut milk, mashed sweet potatoes. Thicken further with sweet potato flour (first mixed with water). The sauce should be thick and creamy. Bring to boil and season to taste with salt and sugar.
Bring a pot of water to boil, blanch bean sprouts. briefly boiled the noodles.
To serve, place noodles and bean sprouts in a bowl and pour sauce over. Add fried tofu, eggs, fried shallots, fried baby shrimp and squeeze lime over. Green chilis and dark soya sauce are optional.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 12 of 16 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Tofu | 100g firm | 76 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Bean | not in our table | 0 |
| Sauce | not in our table | 0 |
| Galangal | not in our table | 0 |
| Coriander | 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.
Explore the science
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 + limetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together177 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Sweet potato + shallottop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together29 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).
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Sweet potato + coconuttop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together159 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together934 recipes
Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
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Shallot + limetop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together258 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the shallot
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, sweet potato, coconut, milk, egg, tofu, lime):
- Capsicumfits better
- Welsh onionfits better
- Spinachfits better
- Shallotthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against beef, sweet potato, coconut, milk, egg, tofu, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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