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John Dory and Cockles on Lightly Spiced Lentils with Baby Spinach

The aromatic blend of South-East Asian herbs and spices will give this seafood dish the edge at any dinner party.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 27 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

John Dory and Cockles on Lightly Spiced Lentils with Baby Spinach

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1328Calories
52 gProtein
55 gFat
164 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 20 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Shrimp100g cooked99
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Galangalnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Leafnot 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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Turmeric + lentilstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together267 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Coriander + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Lime + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together584 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, lime, shrimp, coconut, milk, turmeric, lentils):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coriander, lime, shrimp, coconut, milk, turmeric, lentils. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.