Name: Roast Fish & Chips with Orange Raita
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 medium baking potatoes , scrubbed; 2 medium sweet potatoes , scrubbed; 2 tbsp chilli oil or olive oil; 1 large orange; ¼ cucumber , finely chopped; 1 small red onion , finely chopped; 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 3 tbsp low-fat natural yogurt; 4 white fish fillets, each weighing about 175g/6oz; ½ tsp cumin seeds

Why it works: Potato and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

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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.

Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Cucumber + minttop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together884 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Sweet potato + cucumbertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together76 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Olive + cucumbertop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,611 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyl acetate (fruit).
Potato + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,458 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Swap the mint

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, sweet potato, olive, orange, cucumber, onion, white wine):

Thymefits better
Garlicfits better
Rosemaryfits better
Mintthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, sweet potato, olive, orange, cucumber, onion, white wine. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Orange	1 medium (131g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Peppermint	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0

Roast Fish & Chips with Orange Raita