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Spiced Aubergine and Spiced Potato Fritters Served with Coriander and Mint Chutney and Mint and Yoghurt Dip

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Why it works: Chickpea and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 233 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Spiced Aubergine and Spiced Potato Fritters Served with Coriander and Mint Chutney and Mint and Yoghurt Dip

Serves 2
Prep30 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

891Calories
28 gProtein
4 gFat
189 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 18 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mint2 tbsp fresh (3g)2
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Coriandernot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Chickpea + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together56 recipes

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

  3. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  4. Turmeric + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together191 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Turmeric + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, flour, turmeric, sunflower, potato, lemon, onion):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Cardamomfits better
  3. Parsleyfits better
  4. Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, flour, turmeric, sunflower, potato, lemon, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.