Why it works: Flour and sugar are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 15% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 92,116 recipes. Both carry phenylacetaldehyde, which smells hawthorne, honey. The science ↓
Dabo Kolo I
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the dough
In a 1-quart bowl mix flour, salt, sugar, cayenne pepper and oil.
Knead together and add water, spoonful by spoonful, to form a stiff dough.
Knead dough for 5 minutes longer.
Tear off a piece the size of a golf ball.
Shape the pieces
Roll it out with palms of hands on a lightly floured board into a long strip 1/2 inch thick.
Snip into 1/2-inch pieces with scissors.
Cook
Spread about a handful of the pieces on an ungreased 9-inch frying pan.
Cook over heat until uniformly light brown on all sides, stirring once in a while as you go along.
Continue cooking until all are light brown.
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
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.
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Flour + sugartop 15% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together92,116 recipes
Shared aroma: phenylacetaldehyde (hawthorne, honey).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
What each ingredient does
- All-purpose flour
- Forms the structure of the stiff dough that holds the pieces together.
- Oil
- Adds fat that tenderizes the dough and helps the pieces brown in the pan.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the pieces brown evenly.
- Cayenne
- Adds heat and pepper flavor to the dough.
The step that matters
Cook over heat until uniformly light brown. The pieces are small and thin, so they can scorch quickly before the centers cook. Stirring once in a while and keeping heat moderate helps them brown evenly on all sides.
“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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