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Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,536 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 10
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C (400°F). Cut the tortillas into wedges, toss with 2 tbsp of the vegetable oil, scatter over the sesame seeds and bake 12 minutes until crisp, then cool.

  2. Toss the diced squash with the remaining 1 tbsp vegetable oil and the ground cumin on a baking tray. Roast 25 to 30 minutes until soft and lightly browned.

  3. Blend or mash the hot squash with the mascarpone until smooth and creamy. Spoon into a serving bowl and let it cool to room temperature.

  4. Mash the avocados in a bowl with the lime juice until mostly smooth but still a little chunky.

  5. Stir the chopped spring onions, chopped tomato and chopped coriander leaves into the mashed avocado.

  6. Arrange the squash dip and avocado dip on a board or plates with the tortilla crisps around them and serve.

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

  1. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Cumin + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,216 recipes

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

  4. Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,117 recipes

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

  5. Tomato + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,966 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (wheat, sesame, cumin, avocado, tomato, lime, coriander):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  3. Cucumberbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against wheat, sesame, cumin, avocado, tomato, lime, coriander. 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).