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Steak Indian-style, Spinach & Paneer Salad, Naan Breads, Mango Dessert

By jamieoliver · From Open Recipes · 26 ingredients
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Why it works: Spinach and alfalfa share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 9 recipes mention both. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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By jamieoliver. 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. Spinach + alfalfatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Lemon + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  3. Lemon + minttop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,998 recipes

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

  4. Coriander + minttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together940 recipes

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

  5. Coriander + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,296 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the alfalfa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, coriander, mint, naan, bread, spinach, carrot):

  1. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  2. Parsleybetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  4. Alfalfathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, coriander, mint, naan, bread, spinach, carrot. 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).