Name: Mango Avocado
Ingredients: 1 mango, peeled and chopped; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 tomato, diced; 2 avocados, peeled and chopped; 1/4 red onion, diced; 1 dash garlic salt (optional)

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Mango Avocado

Time20-30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a medium size bowl.
Cover and chill for 20-30 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

413Calories

7 gProtein

23 gFat

54 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Mango	1 cup diced (165g)	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Salt	1 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + avocadotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,385 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Avocado + oniontop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,653 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Mango + tomatotop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together225 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Mango: Adds sweetness and juicy body to the salad.
Avocados: Provide creamy richness and fat that gives the salad body.
Red pepper: Adds crisp texture and a fresh, mildly sweet flavor.
Tomato: Contributes moisture and gentle acidity to the salad.
Red onion: Adds sharp aroma and a pungent bite.

Swap the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mango, pepper, tomato, avocado, onion):

Corianderfits better
Cuminfits about as well
Garlicthe original
Basilfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against mango, pepper, tomato, avocado, onion. 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.