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Lentil and Chickpea Salad with Feta and Tahini

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Why it works: Tahini and chickpea work together. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 150 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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Contains: milk, sesame (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

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By smittenkitchen. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Tahini + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together150 recipes

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

  2. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Cumin + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Lentils + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-hexanol (resin, flower).

  5. Coriander + lemontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the lemon

The recipe marks lemon as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lentils, garlic, sage, olive, coriander, cumin, tahini):

  1. Limeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Lemonthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lentils, garlic, sage, olive, coriander, cumin, tahini. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).