Name: Carrot Cabbage Casserole
Ingredients: 4 cups green cabbage, sliced; 4 - 6 carrots, sliced thin; 2 onions, sliced; 2 cups bread crumbs; 1/4 cup sesame seeds; 2 Tbsp. oil; 1 tsp. salt; 1/4 tsp. pepper; 2 Tbsp. nutritional yeast

Why it works: Cabbage and carrot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,505 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

The recipe

Ingredients

Contains: wheat, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Steam the carrot slices until crisp-tender.
Heat the oil in a large pan and add the onions, cooking for a few minutes.
Then add cabbage and cook for 10 minutes more.
Remove from heat and stir in the salt, pepper, and carrots.
Oil a deep-sided casserole dish.
Category:Fijian Recipes
Category:Fijian Vegetarian

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Cabbage + carrottop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,505 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together14,555 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cabbage + peppertop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together4,080 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + sesametop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,192 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).
Carrot + oniontop 4% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together21,599 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

Flavor stand-ins for the sesame

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

Beansbetter flavor fit
Peasbetter flavor fit
Sesamethe original
Peanutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cabbage, carrot, onion, bread, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).