Why it works: Chickpea and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 813 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓
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Ingredients
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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
Counts 22 of 26 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume: 22 portions
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Chickpea | 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained | 134 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Yogurt | 170g plain Greek | 100 |
| Tahini | 1 tbsp (15g) | 89 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Walnut | 1 walnut half (4g) | 26 |
| Hummus | 1 tbsp (15g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Green Cabbage | 1 cup shredded (89g) | 22 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Shallot | 1 tbsp minced (10g) | 7 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Cayenne | 1 tsp (1.8g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Peppermint | not in our table | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Wheat | not in our table | 0 |
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.
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Chickpea + garlictop 1% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together813 recipes
Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
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Chickpea + tomatotop 3% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together538 recipes
Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).
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Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together14,076 recipes
Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
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Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,998 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Chickpea + lemontop 4% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together527 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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 (chickpea, lamb, mint, tomato, garlic, clove, lemon):
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Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, lamb, mint, tomato, garlic, clove, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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