Name: Marinated Prawn & Mango Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 16-20 whole king prawns , shelled, butterflied and de-veined (keep shells and heads for stock); olive oil; pinch smoked paprika; crème fraîche , to serve; 1 mango , peeled and diced; 2 small avocados or 1 large, peeled and diced; ½ cucumber , seeded and diced; 1 tbsp chopped coriander; 1 tbsp chopped tarragon; 1 green chilli , finely chopped; few drops Tabasco sauce; 1 lime , juiced; 200ml dry white wine; 100ml white wine vinegar; 1 shallot , roughly chopped; 1 stick celery , chopped; 1 bay leaf; tarragon stalks from a small bunch; 1 tsp each coriander seeds and peppercorns

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,536 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Avocado + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Avocado + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,094 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Avocado + cucumbertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together299 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Mango + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together506 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, avocado, cucumber, coriander, tarragon, sauce, lime):

Lemonfits better
Cherryfits about as well
Mangothe original
Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, avocado, cucumber, coriander, tarragon, sauce, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Mango	1 cup diced (165g)	99
Wine	2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)	25
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Shallot	1 tbsp minced (10g)	7
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Tarragon	1 tsp dried (0.5g)	2
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Coriander	not in our table	0
Sauce	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

Marinated Prawn & Mango Salad