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Popiah - the Hokkien/Teochew Spring Roll

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Why it works: Yam and lettuce share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 7 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Popiah - the Hokkien/Teochew Spring Roll

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Get ready the spring roll wrap, thaw if necessary. Place on plate readdy to serve.

  2. Dry roast peanuts and sesame seed separately. Get ready the sauces, lettuce and coriader. Place on plates ready for use.

  3. Cut tofu into tiny cubes, shred cabbage and yam beans. Heat pan and fry dried shrimps, cabbage and yam bean till cooked, add tofu and season with salt and msg. Transfer over to a colander and press off excess juice. Put in a bowl ready to serve.

  4. This is a do it yourself dish.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

260Calories
37 gProtein
6 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Shrimp100g cooked99
Tofu100g firm76
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Yamnot in our table0
Beannot 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.

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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. Yam + lettucetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together7 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cabbage + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together622 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Carrot + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Carrot + lettucetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Yam + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together28 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yam, carrot, tofu, shrimp, coriander, lettuce):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yam, carrot, tofu, shrimp, coriander, lettuce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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