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Chilli Dip

A spicy dip made from red chillies, garlic, onion, ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar, and oil.

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Why it works: Ketchup and sauce match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,099 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Chilli Dip

Timehalf an hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare and blend

  1. Remove the seeds from the chillies.

  2. Soak them in lukewarm water for half an hour.

  3. Put all the ingredients in a mixer and grind to a fine paste.

  4. If required, add a little water.

Serving note

  1. This dip tastes even better if ground using a traditional mortar and pestle.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

192Calories
2 gProtein
14 gFat
16 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 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
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Saucenot 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.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

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. Ketchup + saucetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  5. Clove + garlictop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,368 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Red chillies
Provide the main heat and bright pepper flavour of the dip.
Garlic
Adds pungent aroma that deepens as the dip is ground and rests.
Onion
Adds savoury body and sweetness that rounds out the paste.
Tomato ketchup
Contributes sweetness and acidity that balances the chilli heat.
Vinegar
Adds sharpness that brightens the flavour and offsets richness.

The step that matters

Grinding to a fine paste. Grinding the chillies, garlic and onion fully breaks down their cell walls, releasing aroma and oils evenly. A coarse paste leaves harsh raw bits and uneven heat, so add water only a little at a time to keep the texture thick.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, onion, tomato, ketchup, sauce, vinegar):

  1. Capersfits better
  2. Tarragonfits better
  3. Celeryfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, onion, tomato, ketchup, sauce, vinegar. 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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