Ceylon Curried Salad

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. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together10,173 recipes

   Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

2. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together27,047 recipes

   Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

3. Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together3,467 recipes

   Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

4. Celery + lettucetop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together2,033 recipes

   Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

5. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together16,012 recipes

   Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked rice

Forms the bulk of the salad and absorbs the dressing, giving it body.

Mayonnaise

Provides fat and creaminess that coat the rice and vegetables.

Sour cream

Adds tang and a smoother, lighter creaminess to the dressing.

Curry powder

Supplies the warm, aromatic spice flavour that defines the dish.

Lemon juice

Adds acidity that brightens the rich dressing.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, celery, carrot, pepper, cream, lettuce):

1. Limefits better
2. Avocadofits about as well
3. Lemonthe original
4. Cherryfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, celery, carrot, pepper, cream, lettuce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.