Lentil and Yogurt Soup

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. Mushroom + chickentop 4% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together4,172 recipes

   Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

2. Carrot + lentilstop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together505 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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 + orangetop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together737 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

5. Lentils + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together273 recipes

   Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Orange lentils

Break down during simmering to thicken the soup and give it body.

Low-fat natural yogurt

Adds tang and creaminess when stirred in at the end.

Lean back bacon

Adds savoury, meaty flavour to the base built with the onion.

Mushrooms

Add earthy flavour and savoury body to the soup.

The step that matters

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, onion, carrot, mushroom, lentils, chicken, coriander):

1. Avocadofits better
2. Limefits better
3. Coconutfits better
4. Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, onion, carrot, mushroom, lentils, chicken, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.