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Tangy Carrot, Red Cabbage & Onion Salad

This autumnal salad makes a fresh and healthy side dish and is great served with grilled halloumi or burgers

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Tangy Carrot, Red Cabbage & Onion Salad

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tangy Carrot, Red Cabbage & Onion Salad

Serves 4
Prep15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

464Calories
13 gProtein
28 gFat
48 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 9 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Peppermintnot 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. Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Mint + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together846 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + peanuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together528 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Carrot + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,297 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Mint + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together940 recipes

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

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 (carrot, cabbage, mint, coriander, peanut, lime, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Cucumberfits better
  3. Lettucefits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, cabbage, mint, coriander, peanut, lime, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.