Name: Basic Vegetable Ndiwo
Ingredients: 3 cups greens (see below for examples), chopped; 1 small onion, chopped; 1 Tbs. Oil; 2 small tomatoes, chopped; 1 cup water; salt to taste

Why it works: Onion and tomato match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 20,622 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

Time5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Saute onions in oil until tender.
Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes or until greens are tender.
Serve with nsima or rice.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Onion + tomatotop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together20,622 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

Greens: Provide the main body of the stew and wilt to a tender texture as they simmer.
Onion: Softens in oil to build a sweet, aromatic base for the stew.
Tomatoes: Add acidity and moisture that combine with the water to form the stew's liquid.

“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.