Spiced Coconut Sweet Potato

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

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

2. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together6,038 recipes

   Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together29,058 recipes

   Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

4. Turmeric + coconuttop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,027 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

5. Clove + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,876 recipes

   Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Sweet potato

Provides the starchy body of the dish, softening as it simmers in the liquid.

Coconut milk

Adds richness and fat, giving the simmered liquid a creamy texture.

Onion

Builds sweetness and savory depth as it softens in the simmering liquid.

Ground turmeric

Gives the dish its golden colour and a warm, earthy flavour.

The step that matters

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, clove, turmeric, ginger, pepper, sauce):

1. Limefits better
2. Lemonfits better
3. Avocadofits better
4. Coconutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, clove, turmeric, ginger, pepper, sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.