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Spiced & Sweet Lassis

Lassi is a refreshing non-alcoholic Indian drink, ideal to serve with any Indian dinner menu

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,866 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6

Ingredients

Contains: milk (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. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Yogurt + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,183 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Yogurt + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together975 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Yogurt + sugartop 13% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,614 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  5. Coriander + sugartop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together2,748 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the cumin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, coriander, sugar):

  1. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  2. Cuminthe original
  3. Cinnamonabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, coriander, sugar. 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).