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Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Challah

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By naturallyella · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Challah

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 ↓

Whole Wheat Sweet Potato Challah

12-16
Prep3 hr
Cook35 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

863Calories
24 gProtein
20 gFat
145 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 12 ingredients. The other 6 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sesame1 tbsp (14g)120
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Wheatnot in our table0
Pastrynot in our table0
Toppingnot in our table0
Poppynot 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. Sunflower + sweet potatotop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  3. Sweet potato + sesametop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together47 recipes

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

  4. Wheat + sesametop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

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

  5. Sunflower + wheattop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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 (sugar, sunflower, egg, sweet potato, wheat, flour):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Milletfits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Sesamethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, sunflower, egg, sweet potato, wheat, flour. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.