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Sweetcorn & Sweet Potato Burgers

Bulk out your veggie burgers with polenta then spice with cumin, chilli and coriander - suitable for ovens and barbecues

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Sweetcorn & Sweet Potato Burgers

Why it works: Cumin and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,866 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Sweetcorn & Sweet Potato Burgers

MAKES 10
Prep20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

398Calories
8 gProtein
15 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Coriandernot in our table0
Sweetcornnot in our table0
Saladnot in our table0

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.

  1. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + cumintop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together232 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Sweet potato + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together304 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Sweet potato + oniontop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together960 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, cumin, coriander, sweetcorn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Tomatofits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, cumin, coriander, sweetcorn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.