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Beniseed or Sesame Soup

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Why it works: Sesame and beans match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 293 recipes. Both carry trans-2-nonenal, which smells cardboard, fatty. The science ↓

Beniseed or Sesame Soup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Season the beef and stockfish with seasoning cubes. Place in a pot, and add enough water to cover everything. Simmer until done, then drain and set aside, reserving the broth.

  2. Heat some palm oil in a frying pan , and add the onions. Cook for 1 minute.

  3. Add the ground sesame seeds, and cook for 3 minutes or less, stirring constantly.

  4. Stir in the reserved broth, ground crayfish, pepper, locust beans, and cooked meat and fish. Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat.

  5. If the soup is too thick, you can thin with water. Adjust seasoning to taste.

  6. Stir in bitterleaf, and simmer for a few more minutes.

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

539Calories
27 gProtein
42 gFat
12 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Crayfishnot in our table0
Beannot 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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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. Sesame + beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together293 recipes

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

  2. Onion + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  3. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  4. Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  5. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

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

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

Swap the sesame

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, onion, crayfish, pepper, beans):

  1. Black-eyed peafits about as well
  2. Sesamethe original
  3. Chickpeafits about as well
  4. Lentilsfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, onion, crayfish, pepper, beans. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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