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Toasted Millet Salad Recipe

Millet is mainly used for bird seed here in the States, but a large portion of the world's population eats it on a regular basis, and it's actually tasty stuff...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients
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Toasted Millet Salad Recipe

Why it works: Pepper and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 34,122 recipes. Both carry 4'-methylacetophenone, which smells bitter almond. The science ↓

Toasted Millet Salad Recipe

6 to 8 servings (about 6 cups)

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

255Calories
3 gProtein
14 gFat
31 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Milletnot in our table0
Waternot 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 chow. 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. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  2. Olive + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,649 recipes

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

  3. Radish + parsleytop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together120 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Millet + olivetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together72 recipes

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

  5. Olive + orangetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,456 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

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

Swap the millet

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, red wine, vinegar, orange, pepper, radish, parsley):

  1. Beansfits better
  2. Chickpeafits better
  3. Sesamefits better
  4. Milletthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, red wine, vinegar, orange, pepper, radish, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.