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Tkemali Sauce

A Georgian sauce made from dried tart plums, garlic, herbs, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Garlic and coriander are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,474 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tkemali Sauce

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash and stew the plums until soft.

  2. Remove the seeds and rub through a strainer.

  3. Add plum liquor until the paste is as thick as sour cream.

  4. Mix in the seasoning, bring to a boil and then cool.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

51Calories
1 gProtein
1 gFat
12 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
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot 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. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  2. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  3. Coriander + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Clove + coriandertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,221 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Plum + clovetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together446 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

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

What each ingredient does

Dried tart plums
Provide the sour, fruity base and thicken into the sauce's body once stewed and strained.
Garlic
Adds sharp, pungent aroma that balances the sourness of the plums.

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, garlic, coriander, pepper):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Lemonfits better
  3. Avocadofits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, garlic, coriander, pepper. 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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