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Falafel Wraps with Houmous & Pickled Chilli

A veggie option for your canapé tray that meat-eaters and veggies alike will love

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Falafel Wraps with Houmous & Pickled Chilli

Why it works: Parsley and lemon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Falafel Wraps with Houmous & Pickled Chilli

Makes 12

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

233Calories
7 gProtein
5 gFat
43 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Tortilla1 medium flour (45g)140
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Chive1 tbsp (3g)1
Falafelnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  2. Parsley + chivetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,150 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Lemon + chivetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Bread + parsleytop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,588 recipes

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

  5. Bread + chivetop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together265 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the chive

The recipe marks chive as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, parsley, lemon):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Arrowrootfits better
  4. Chivethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, parsley, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.