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Liang Ban Cai Su

A stir-fried vegetable dish served cold, featuring corn, cucumber, peas, carrot, celery, chili, shallots, garlic, peanuts, and a tangy seasoning.

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Why it works: Celery and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Liang Ban Cai Su

Timea few minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash cucumber, then cut it into short sections and marinate with a dash of salt.

  2. Remove seeds from red chili and cut it into small pieces.

  3. Cut young corn, garden pea, carrot, and celery into short sections.

  4. Remove skin from shallots and garlic.

  5. Add peanuts, mash them, and mix with turmeric powder.

Stir fry

  1. Heat wok with 2 tbsp oil.

  2. Pour in all mixed materials and stir fry the mixture.

  3. Add all vegetables and stir fry for a few minutes until cooked.

  4. Dish up the vegetables.

Season and chill

  1. Mix fried vegetables with seasoning.

  2. Put the mixture in the refrigerator.

  3. Serve the dish cold, with a dash of sesame oil added.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
18 gProtein
16 gFat
70 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Celery Stalks1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
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. Celery + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  2. Shallot + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together282 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cucumber + shallottop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together264 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Celery + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,356 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Cucumber + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,556 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Young corn
Adds crisp-tender texture and a mild sweetness to the mix.
Cucumber
Adds crunch and moisture that stays crisp when served cold.
Garden pea
Adds sweetness and a tender bite to the vegetable mix.
Deep fried peanut
Adds crunch and a nutty richness that holds up in the cold dish.
Shallots
Add a sweet, mellow aromatic base when fried in oil.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that mellows during frying.

The step that matters

Stir fry the mixture until cooked. Cooking the vegetables until just tender sets their texture and drives off excess water, so the dish stays crisp rather than soggy once chilled.

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, cucumber, celery, carrot, shallot, garlic, turmeric):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, cucumber, celery, carrot, shallot, garlic, turmeric. 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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