Name: Kaima Bona Gatoi
Ingredients: 300 gm. orange sweet; 350 gm. long slim eggplant, zucchini, and capsicum; onions; 1/4 teaspoon ground chili powder; 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander; oil for deep frying; 1 teaspoon salt

Why it works: Eggplant and capsicum match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 490 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Kaima Bona Gatoi

Ingredients

Directions

Cut the eggplant, zucchini and capsicum into 2 centimeter-thick slices and cut the onion into eight wedges.
Add garlic, herbs, olive oil and vinegar and toss lightly to combine.
Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for one hour.
Preheat the barbeque.
Drain the vegetables into a large mixing bowl and place them on a lightly greased grill or flat plate.
Cook 8-10 minutes, until tender and slightly charred.
Category:Papua New Guinean Recipes
Category:Papua New Guinean Vegetarian

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

284Calories

4 gProtein

14 gFat

38 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Eggplant	1 cup cubed (82g)	35
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Capsicum	not in our table	0
Coriander	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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Explore the science

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.

Eggplant + capsicumtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together490 recipes

Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).
Capsicum + coriandertop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together4,904 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Eggplant + coriandertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together130 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Orange + coriandertop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together674 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Capsicum + oniontop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together23,390 recipes

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

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

Swap the orange

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, capsicum, onion, coriander):

Limefits better
Avocadofits better
Coconutfits better
Orangethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, capsicum, onion, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.