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Why it works: Sauce and ketchup 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 ↓

Scarlet Kebab

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Marinate the chicken with tomato ketchup, salt, Jalepinoes, black olives, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic and dhania for half-an-hour.

  2. Dip each piece in egg, bread crumb and sesame in that order before deep-frying. Serve hot.

  3. Category:Indian

  4. Category:Indian Appetizers

  5. Category:Chicken Recipes

  6. Category:Fusion Recipes

  7. Category:Italian Appetizers

  8. Category:Thai Appetizers

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

850Calories
52 gProtein
24 gFat
102 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Olive1 large (4g)4
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot 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. Sauce + ketchuptop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  2. Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  4. Tomato + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,967 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the coriander

The recipe marks coriander as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, tomato, sauce, ketchup, olive, ginger, garlic):

  1. Basilfits about as well
  2. Thymefits about as well
  3. Corianderthe original
  4. Turmericfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato, sauce, ketchup, olive, ginger, garlic. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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