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New Potato Dish

A simple Romanian vegetarian stew of potatoes, onions, tomatoes, parsley, dill, salt, oil, and flour.

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Why it works: Parsley and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 669 recipes. Both carry p-mentha-1,3,8-triene, which smells camphor, herbal. The science ↓

New Potato Dish

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fry the chopped onion with the flour in oil.

  2. Add the peeled, seeded, and cut tomatoes and salt.

  3. Put the peeled potatoes in this sauce, sprinkle the parsley and dill, and simmer at low heat until done.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

806Calories
20 gProtein
15 gFat
148 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
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.

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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. Parsley + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  2. Potato + dilltop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together423 recipes

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

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  4. Potato + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,855 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Potato + tomatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,798 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

Potatoes
Hold their shape while simmering and make the stew substantial and filling.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it fries, forming the flavour base of the sauce.
Tomatoes
Provide moisture and acidity, forming the body of the sauce.
Flour
Thickens the sauce slightly as it cooks with the frying onion and oil.

The step that matters

Simmer the potatoes at low heat until done. Gentle heat lets the potatoes cook through while keeping their shape. Vigorous boiling breaks down their surface and can make the stew mushy and cloudy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, tomato, parsley, dill, flour):

  1. Carrotfits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, tomato, parsley, dill, flour. 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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