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Beetroot Samosas

Surprise your party guests with these authentic Indian pastries – ideal served as canapés or as a starter.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Flour and beetroot match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 515 recipes. Both carry isobutyraldehyde, which smells malty, green. The science ↓

Beetroot Samosas

Makes 24
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

692Calories
14 gProtein
26 gFat
100 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 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
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beetrootnot 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. Flour + beetroottop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together515 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  2. Garlic + beetroottop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together406 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Garlic + lemontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,893 recipes

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

  4. Beetroot + lemontop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together574 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (flour, butter, garlic, beetroot):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Raisinfits about as well
  3. Limefits about as well
  4. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against flour, butter, garlic, beetroot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.