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Cabbage Salad with Dill

A salad of shredded cabbage, cucumber, scallions, hard‑boiled eggs, dressed with sunflower seed oil, white wine vinegar, salt, pepper, and dill.

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Why it works: Cucumber and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 530 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cabbage Salad with Dill

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the vegetables

  1. Wash and drain the cabbage and cut it across in thin strips.

  2. Pile it into a salad bowl.

  3. Peel the cucumber and cut it in half lengthwise, then in semi‑circular slices.

  4. Slice the spring onions (scallions), using the white bulb and the best of the green leaves.

Dress and finish

  1. Mix all together and add salt and pepper.

  2. Stir in the oil and vinegar and mix thoroughly.

  3. Shell the eggs, cut them in half lengthwise, then in semi‑circular slices.

  4. Mix lightly into the salad, adding the chopped dill at the same time.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

490Calories
18 gProtein
34 gFat
34 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Cucumber + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together530 recipes

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

  2. Sunflower + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together55 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  4. Cabbage + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together47 recipes

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

  5. Cabbage + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,081 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cabbage
Provides the crisp, bulky base of the salad and its fresh texture.
Sunflower seed oil
Coats the vegetables, adding richness and carrying flavour through the salad.
White wine vinegar
Adds acidity that brightens the salad and balances the richness of the oil.
Eggs
Add soft, creamy richness and body to the salad.

Swap the cabbage

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cucumber, pepper, sunflower, white wine, vinegar, egg, dill):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Shallotfits better
  4. Cabbagethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cucumber, pepper, sunflower, white wine, vinegar, egg, dill. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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