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Lemon & Coriander Couscous

Impress your friends with this zesty couscous side salad

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Lemon & Coriander Couscous

Why it works: Lemon and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Lemon & Coriander Couscous

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

467Calories
12 gProtein
23 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pine1 oz (28g)191
Couscous1 cup cooked (157g)176
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Coriandernot 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. Lemon + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + pinetop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together480 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + pinetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together101 recipes

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

  4. Raisin + nutstop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together490 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Raisin + pinetop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27 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 nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, coriander, raisin, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Pistachiofits better
  3. Almondfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, coriander, raisin, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.