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Cooking for Others: Ode to Cabbage, Continued

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 ↓

Cooking for Others: Ode to Cabbage, Continued

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1496Calories
81 gProtein
58 gFat
169 gCarbs

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
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Lamb100g cooked294
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Hummus1 tbsp (15g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Green Cabbage1 cup shredded (89g)22
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Wheatnot 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 biggirlssmallkitchen. 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. Chickpea + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together813 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  5. Chickpea + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked 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

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, lamb, mint, tomato, garlic, clove, lemon):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Tahinithe original

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.