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Salata Hara

A spicy salad of red and green bell peppers, hot chili, tomato, onion, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, cayenne, salt, pepper, garnished with parsley.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Salata Hara

Timeat least 30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine the roasted and chopped red bell peppers, green bell pepper, hot chili pepper, tomato, onion, and garlic in a mixing bowl.

  2. Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.

  3. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss well to coat all the ingredients.

Chill and serve

  1. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to allow the flavors to meld together.

  2. Before serving, garnish the salad with chopped parsley or cilantro.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

300Calories
6 gProtein
16 gFat
38 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Red Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  3. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

What each ingredient does

Red bell peppers
Provide the main body of the salad with a sweet, mellow pepper flavor.
Green bell pepper
Adds crisp texture and a fresher, slightly bitter vegetal note.
Hot chile pepper
Supplies heat and sharpness that define the spicy character of the salad.
Tomato
Adds juiciness and moisture that combine with the dressing into a light sauce.
Olive oil
Carries the spices and coats the vegetables, adding richness and mouthfeel.
Lemon juice
Adds acidity that brightens the flavors and balances the oil and spice.

The step that matters

Chilling the salad. Resting the chopped vegetables in the dressing lets salt and acid draw out juices and lets the spices blend. Skipping the rest leaves the flavors sharp and separate.

Swap the jalapeno

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, tomato, onion, clove, garlic, lemon, olive):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Basilfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Jalapenothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, tomato, onion, clove, garlic, lemon, olive. 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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