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Lamb Kebabs with Peppery Lime Marinade

Team these tangy kebabs with a tossed salad and enjoy a spicy supper

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Lamb Kebabs with Peppery Lime Marinade

Why it works: Clove and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Lamb Kebabs with Peppery Lime Marinade

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1322Calories
52 gProtein
42 gFat
188 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 17 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Lamb100g cooked294
Naan1 piece (90g)262
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Lettuce1 cup shredded (36g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Seednot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

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

  3. Clove + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,114 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Cardamom + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together190 recipes

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

  5. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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 (lamb, garlic, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, lime, sunflower):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Spinachfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, garlic, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, lime, sunflower. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.