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Why it works: Sorghum and flour share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 99 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Tuho

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix sorghum flour and boiling water or stock

  2. Add1 part water and mix all.

  3. Category:Ivoirian Recipes

  4. Category:Ivoirian Snacks

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

532Calories
16 gProtein
2 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 2 of 4 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Sorghumnot 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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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. Sorghum + flourtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together99 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Sorghum + corntop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Flour + corntop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,165 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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