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Eggplant Salad with Dill

A salad of roasted eggplant mixed with oil, dill, onions, pepper, salt, tomatoes, and green pepper.

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Why it works: Eggplant and tomato work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 651 recipes. Both carry guaiacol, which smells smoky, sweet. The science ↓

Eggplant Salad with Dill

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the eggplant

  1. Roast the eggplants.

  2. While still hot, peel the eggplants.

  3. Leave the peeled eggplants on a slanted cutting board to drain.

  4. Chop the eggplants with a wooden or glass chopper.

  5. Place the chopped eggplants in a bowl.

Make the salad

  1. Mix the eggplants with a little oil at a time, using a wooden spoon, until the mixture whitens and becomes foamy.

  2. Add finely chopped dill and onions (to taste), pepper, and salt to the mixture.

  3. Place the salad in a salad bowl or on a plate.

  4. Garnish with tomato slices and rounds of green pepper.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

261Calories
5 gProtein
14 gFat
32 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
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.

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. Eggplant + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  2. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

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

  3. Eggplant + dilltop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  4. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  5. Dill + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together511 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

What each ingredient does

Eggplants
Form the salad's soft, creamy body once roasted, peeled and chopped.
Oil
Added little by little, it emulsifies into the eggplant, making the mixture light and creamy.
Onion
Adds sharp, savoury bite that balances the mellow eggplant.
Dill
Contributes fresh, herbal aroma that brightens the eggplant.

The step that matters

Mixing in the oil. Adding oil gradually while beating lets it emulsify into the eggplant. Adding it all at once can split the mixture, so it stays greasy and fails to turn light and foamy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, pepper, dill, tomato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, pepper, dill, tomato. 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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