Why it works: Yam and pepper work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and 111 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓
The recipe
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the yam pieces in salted boiling water for a few minutes.
Drain the yam pieces. Toss the yam with palm oil, salt, fresh pepper, and utazi leaves.
Explore the science
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.
-
Yam + peppertop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together111 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
-
Pepper + oniontop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together68,463 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
-
Yam + oniontop 9% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together106 recipes
Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the onion
The recipe marks onion as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yam, pepper):
- Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
- Okrabetter flavor fit
- Capsicumbetter flavor fit
- Onionthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against yam, 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).
You might also like
Illustration
Illustration
Illustration
IllustrationThe Sunday pairing: one pairing, the chemistry behind it, and how to cook it. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account for sign-in; Pro adds the full results and chemistry.