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Tirk Salouk Swai

A Cambodian mango salsa made with diced mango, lime juice, cilantro, green onion, salt, and chili pepper.

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Why it works: Mango and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 506 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Tirk Salouk Swai

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients together to make chunky salsa.

  2. Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend for a few seconds to make creamy salsa.

  3. Serve immediately or refrigerate for several hours before serving.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

169Calories
4 gProtein
1 gFat
42 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)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.

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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. Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together506 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  3. Mango + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together471 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Lime + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,263 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

What each ingredient does

Mango
Provides the sweet, juicy fruit base that makes up most of the salsa.
Fresh lime juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavor and balances the mango's sweetness.
Cilantro
Adds a fresh, herbal aroma to the salsa.
Hot chili pepper
Adds heat and pungency to the salsa.

The step that matters

Blend for only a few seconds. Over-blending in a food processor breaks the mango down into a smooth purée, turning the intended chunky texture into a thin, watery liquid.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, lime, pepper):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, lime, 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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