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
Get ready the spring roll wrap, thaw if necessary. Place on plate readdy to serve.
Dry roast peanuts and sesame seed separately. Get ready the sauces, lettuce and coriader. Place on plates ready for use.
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.
This is a do it yourself dish.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Shrimp | 100g cooked | 99 |
| Tofu | 100g firm | 76 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Lettuce | 1 cup shredded (36g) | 5 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Yam | not in our table | 0 |
| Bean | 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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Yam + lettucetop 2% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together7 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
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Cabbage + lettucetop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together622 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
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Carrot + coriandertop 5% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,297 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Carrot + lettucetop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together976 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
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Yam + coriandertop 6% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked 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):
- Welsh onionfits better
- Spinachfits better
- Sweet potatofits better
- 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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