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Lamb Kebabs with Peppery Lime Marinade

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

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Why it works: Naan and lettuce work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and 8 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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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. Naan + lettucetop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together8 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

  2. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

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

  3. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Cardamom + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together190 recipes

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

  5. Cardamom + sunflowertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, garlic, cinnamon, cardamom, lime, sunflower, onion):

  1. Lemonbetter flavor fit
  2. Mangobetter flavor fit
  3. Coconutbetter flavor fit
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, garlic, cinnamon, cardamom, lime, sunflower, onion. 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).