Shakshooka 1

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

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

2. Jalapeno + tomatotop 10% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together1,291 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

3. Onion + jalapenotop 13% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together2,250 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

4. Onion + eggtop 34% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together23,333 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

5. Tomato + eggtop 34% of all pairs
   Smell alikelow
   Cooked together5,890 recipes

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

Onion and egg barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 23,333 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the jalapeno

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

1. Garlicfits better
2. Cuminfits better
3. Capersfits better
4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, tomato, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.