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Sesame-Ginger and Quinoa Spring Rolls

My new take on spring rolls!

By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sesame-Ginger and Quinoa Spring Rolls

Why it works: Sunflower and sesame match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 172 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Sesame-Ginger and Quinoa Spring Rolls

Serves 6
Prep25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

566Calories
13 gProtein
18 gFat
86 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Quinoa1 cup cooked (185g)222
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Waternot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 naturallyella. 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. Sunflower + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Quinoa + sesametop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  3. Rice + sesametop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together984 recipes

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

  4. Quinoa + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

  5. Ginger + sesametop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,531 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, rice, sunflower, vinegar, sauce, garlic, sesame):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Capersfits better
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, rice, sunflower, vinegar, sauce, garlic, sesame. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.