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Yam with Tomato

A stewed yam dish cooked in tomato sauce with onions, oil, water, salt, pepper, and hot chilies.

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Why it works: Tomato and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,923 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Yam with Tomato

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Clean and slice the yams.

  2. Place a drizzle of oil in a pot, heat it, and sauté two sliced onions.

Make the sauce

  1. Add 125 ml (1/2 cup) tomato paste and 500 ml (2 cups) water; mix.

  2. Add the yams, salt, pepper, and some hot chilies to taste.

  3. Let simmer until the yams are cooked. Add more water as necessary.

Serve

  1. Serve on rice as an accompaniment to fish or meat.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

191Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 7 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Yamnot in our table0
Waternot 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. Tomato + peppertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

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

  2. Onion + tomatotop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

  3. Yam + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together106 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Yam + tomatotop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Yam
Forms the bulk of the dish and becomes tender as it simmers in the sauce.
Tomato paste
Provides concentrated tomato flavour, colour and body to the sauce.
Onions
Softened by sautéing, they add sweetness and savoury depth to the base.

The step that matters

Simmering the yams. Yams need enough liquid and gentle heat to cook through evenly. Too little water can scorch the tomato paste on the bottom of the pot, so adding water as needed keeps the sauce loose and the yams cooking evenly.

Swap the yam

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

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Potatofits better
  4. Yamthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, tomato, 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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