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Raj Doi

A Bangladeshi fruit salad made with grapes, mandarins, oranges, melon, watermelon, mango, lemon juice, sugar, cumin, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Orange and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,634 recipes. Both carry 3-hexenal, which smells apple, fruity. The science ↓

Raj Doi

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place all the fruit in a large serving bowl and add the lemon juice.

  2. Toss gently to prevent breaking up the fruit.

  3. Mix the remaining ingredients and sprinkle over the fruit.

  4. Gently toss once more.

Chill and serve

  1. Chill thoroughly.

  2. Serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

239Calories
3 gProtein
1 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Mandarinnot 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.

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.

  1. Orange + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,634 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  2. Melon + mangotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together48 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  3. Orange + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together212 recipes

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

  4. Grape + mangotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

  5. Grape + honeytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together707 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

Grapes
Add natural sweetness and juicy texture to the fruit mix.
Mandarin segments
Contribute sweetness and moisture to the salad.
Oranges
Add sweetness and juice that moistens the fruit.
Mango
Adds sweetness, soft texture and a fragrant aroma.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavour and slows browning of cut fruit.

The step that matters

Toss gently. Soft fruit such as melon, mango and orange segments breaks apart easily when stirred hard. Gentle folding keeps the pieces whole and the salad looking fresh.

Swap the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (grape, orange, honey, melon, mango, lemon, sugar):

  1. Cinnamonfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Peppermintfits better
  4. Cuminthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against grape, orange, honey, melon, mango, lemon, sugar. 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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