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Etliz Yaz Turlusu

A Cypriot stew of meat with beans, eggplants, okra, squash, peppers, potato, onions, tomatoes, and oil.

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Why it works: Eggplant and okra share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 39 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Etliz Yaz Turlusu

Timeabout 1 hour

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the vegetables

  1. Trim the beans and wash them.

  2. Dice the eggplants, wash them, add salt, let them sit for 30 minutes to sweeten, wash them again and squeeze them.

  3. Clean the okra, wash it, place it in a colander and sprinkle it with vinegar to prevent mucilage.

  4. Peel the squash and cut it into pieces.

  5. Wash the peppers and cut them into pieces.

  6. Peel the potato and dice it.

Cook the stew

  1. Sauté the meat and the onions in oil with a pinch of salt.

  2. Add the prepared vegetables, salt, pepper, tomatoes, and 1 small cup of water; let them boil for about 1 hour over low heat without stirring.

  3. The dish is ready.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

723Calories
35 gProtein
36 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 15 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Okra1 cup (100g)33
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Meatnot in our table0
Vealnot in our table0
Beansnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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. Eggplant + okratop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together39 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Beans + okratop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together66 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  3. Beans + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,713 recipes

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

  4. Eggplant + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  5. Okra + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together327 recipes

    Shared aroma: damascenone (apple, rose).

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

What each ingredient does

Meat
Provides the main protein and savory flavor of the stew as it browns and simmers.
Eggplants
Soften during simmering and absorb the sauce, adding body and a tender texture.
Okras
Release mucilage that thickens the stew, which vinegar helps limit during preparation.
Tomatoes
Add moisture and acidity that build the liquid base of the stew.
Onions
Soften and sweeten when sautéed in oil, forming the flavor base of the dish.
Potato
Breaks down slightly during simmering, adding starch that thickens the stew.

The step that matters

Simmering without stirring. Simmering gently over low heat for about an hour lets the meat become tender and the vegetables cook through without breaking apart. Stirring often can break up the softer vegetables and make the stew cloudy and mushy.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (meat, beans, eggplant, okra, tomato, pepper, potato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against meat, beans, eggplant, okra, tomato, pepper, potato. 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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