Name: Spiced Salmon with Puy Lentils & Mint Yogurt
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 100g puy lentils; 1 lemon , 1/2 juiced, 1/2 wedges; 1/2 garlic clove , crushed; 2 skinless salmon fillets; ½ tsp garam masala; a small bunch of mint , roughly chopped; 150g carton natural yogurt (low-fat); a small bunch of flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped

Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Spiced Salmon with Puy Lentils & Mint Yogurt

Serves 2

Ingredients

100g puy lentils
1 lemon , 1/2 juiced, 1/2 wedges
1/2 garlic clove , crushed
2 skinless salmon fillets
½ tsp garam masala
a small bunch of mint , roughly chopped
150g carton natural yogurt (low-fat)
a small bunch of flat-leaf parsley , roughly chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

447Calories

47 gProtein

14 gFat

32 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Lentil	1/2 cup cooked (99g)	115
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
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.

Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,037 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lentils + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together633 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Lemon + minttop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,998 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + parsleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together9,308 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lentils + parsleytop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together322 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lentils, lemon, garlic, salmon, mint, yogurt, parsley):

Cuminfits better
Dillfits better
Corianderfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lentils, lemon, garlic, salmon, mint, yogurt, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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