Prawn & Melon Salad

Name: Prawn & Melon Salad
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove; a handful of coriander stems or roots; 1 tsp golden caster sugar; 1 red chilli , deseeded, plus 1 tsp chopped to garnish; 2cm/¾in piece of root ginger , peeled and roughly chopped; juice of 3 limes and 1½ oranges; 1 small watermelon , weighing about 1.8kg/4lb; 24 large cooked and peeled tiger prawns; 4 spring onions , finely sliced; 2 trimmed stems of lemongrass , finely sliced; 4cm/1½in root ginger , peeled, cut into fine matchsticks; zest of 1 lime; 3 lime leaves , shredded (optional); a handful each of coriander and mint leaves, chopped; 100g roasted salted peanuts or cashews, to garnish

Tom Kime's prawn salad make a great starter for a summer dinner party

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

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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 ↓

Prawn & Melon Salad

Serves 6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

647Calories

40 gProtein

28 gFat

70 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Cashew	1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)	157
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Watermelon	1 cup diced (152g)	46
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Lemongrass	1 tbsp (6g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Coriander	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

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.

Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Coriander + gingertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,505 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Ginger + limetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,621 recipes

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

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