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New Mexican Sweet Potato Latkes with Lime–Sour Cream Sauce Recipe

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New Mexican Sweet Potato Latkes with Lime–Sour Cream Sauce Recipe

Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

New Mexican Sweet Potato Latkes with Lime–Sour Cream Sauce Recipe

4 to 6 servings (about 15 latkes)

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

997Calories
43 gProtein
22 gFat
157 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 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
Canola1 tbsp (14g)124
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Chives1 tbsp (3g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot 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.

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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. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Lime + sweet potatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Chive + sweet potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Chive + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,907 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Sweet potato + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream, chive, lime, sweet potato, egg, flour, cumin):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Shallotfits better
  3. Kalefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream, chive, lime, sweet potato, egg, flour, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.