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Cooked Carrots' Salad

A salad of cooked carrots mixed with parsley, garlic, cumin, lemon juice, oil, and cayenne pepper.

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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Cooked Carrots' Salad

Timeapproximately 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the carrots

  1. Wash and cook carrots in salt water for approximately 30 minutes over a medium flame.

  2. Peel and slice the carrots into rounds.

  3. Place the sliced carrots in a wide bowl.

Dress and serve

  1. Add the chopped parsley and garlic to the carrots.

  2. Add cumin, salt, lemon juice, oil, and cayenne pepper to the bowl and mix all the ingredients well.

  3. Serve cold.

  4. Garnish with chopped parsley.

Variation

  1. Use beets instead of carrots; substitute onion for garlic and use 1/4 teaspoon sugar instead of cayenne pepper.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

196Calories
3 gProtein
15 gFat
17 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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.

Explore the science

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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Parsley + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 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

Carrots
Form the main body of the salad and provide its sweetness and texture.
Garlic
Adds a sharp, pungent aroma that carries through the dressed salad.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour and balances the oil.
Oil
Adds fat and moisture that coats the carrots and carries flavour.
Cumin
Contributes warm, earthy aroma characteristic of the dish.

The step that matters

Cooking the carrots in salt water. Carrots cooked until fully tender absorb the seasoned liquid and dressing evenly. Undercooked carrots stay firm and resist flavour, while overcooking makes them mushy and watery.

Swap the garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, parsley, clove, cumin, lemon, pepper):

  1. Marjoramfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, parsley, clove, cumin, lemon, pepper. 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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