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
Marinate the chicken with tomato ketchup, salt, Jalepinoes, black olives, red chilli powder, ginger-garlic and dhania for half-an-hour.
Dip each piece in egg, bread crumb and sesame in that order before deep-frying. Serve hot.
Category:Indian
Category:Indian Appetizers
Category:Chicken Recipes
Category:Fusion Recipes
Category:Italian Appetizers
Category:Thai Appetizers
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Sesame | 1 tbsp (14g) | 120 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Olive | 1 large (4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.
Explore the science
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.
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Sauce + ketchuptop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together1,099 recipes
Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
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Tomato + olivetop 1% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together15,539 recipes
Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).
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Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together3,505 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Tomato + coriandertop 1% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together3,967 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
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Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked 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):
- Basilfits about as well
- Thymefits about as well
- Corianderthe original
- 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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