Name: Spiced Cauliflower with Chickpeas, Herbs & Pine Nuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 large head cauliflower , broken into florets (about 1kg in total); 2 garlic cloves , crushed; 2 tsp each caraway and cumin seed; 3 tbsp olive oil; 400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed; 100g pine nuts; small bunch each parsley and dill , leaves torn

Why it works: Cumin and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Spiced Cauliflower with Chickpeas, Herbs & Pine Nuts

Serves 4

Prep10 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

1 large head cauliflower , broken into florets (about 1kg in total)
2 garlic cloves , crushed
2 tsp each caraway and cumin seed
3 tbsp olive oil
400g can chickpeas , drained and rinsed
100g pine nuts
small bunch each parsley and dill , leaves torn

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

516Calories

16 gProtein

36 gFat

40 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Pine Nut	1 oz (28g)	191
Chickpea	1/2 cup canned (120g) drained	134
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Caraway	not in our table	0
Seed	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.

Cumin + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together473 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together813 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together25,665 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Cumin + pinetop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together73 recipes

Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, clove, caraway, cumin, olive, chickpea, pine):

Spinachfits better
Eggplantfits better
Kalefits better
Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, clove, caraway, cumin, olive, chickpea, pine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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