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Red Split Lentils Cooked in a Pan

Indian doesn’t have to mean heavy sauces and an extra hour at the gym. Here’s the healthy, satisfying and just as tasty alternative to your Friday night curry

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Red Split Lentils Cooked in a Pan

Why it works: Lentils and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 267 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Red Split Lentils Cooked in a Pan

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

352Calories
12 gProtein
15 gFat
46 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Mung Beannot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Lentils + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together267 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Mung bean + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together18 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Mung bean + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together63 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Mung bean + lentilstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (mung bean, lentils, turmeric, onion, garlic, clove, tomato):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Coconutfits better
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against mung bean, lentils, turmeric, onion, garlic, clove, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.