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Imam Bayaldy

A Bulgarian dish of hollowed eggplants stuffed with a vegetable mixture and baked, served cold with lemon.

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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 ↓

Imam Bayaldy

Ovenmoderate oven

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the aubergines

  1. Separate the stalks from the aubergines and carefully hollow them.

  2. Cook the hollowed aubergines in oil and some water.

Make the filling

  1. Brown the finely chopped onions in the same oil.

  2. Add the grated carrots and celery and, when tender, also the grated tomatoes, finely chopped garlic, parsley, bay leaf, pepper, and salt.

Stuff and bake

  1. Stuff the aubergines, top with a slice of tomato, and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.

  2. Bake in a moderate oven.

  3. Serve cold garnished with slices of lemon.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

577Calories
17 gProtein
2 gFat
124 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0

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

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

  2. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 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

Aubergines
Form the hollow shells that hold the filling and soften as they cook.
Onions
Browning in oil builds sweetness and savoury depth for the filling.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity to the filling and a fresh layer on top.
Carrots
Add natural sweetness and body to the filling as they soften.
Breadcrumbs
Absorb moisture and form a crisp, browned topping during baking.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tomato, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, lemon, parsley):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tomato, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, lemon, parsley. 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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