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Warm Carmargue Red Rice & Salmon Salad

This healthy fish supper uses Camargue rice for its unique nutty flavour and texture

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Warm Carmargue Red Rice & Salmon Salad

Why it works: Cumin and onion are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,498 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Warm Carmargue Red Rice & Salmon Salad

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

494Calories
27 gProtein
14 gFat
63 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Red Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Seednot 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 + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Cumin + cucumbertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Lemon + cumintop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,477 recipes

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

  4. Onion + cucumbertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Red rice + cucumbertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (red rice, salmon, cumin, onion, cucumber):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Lemonthe original
  4. Coconutfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against red rice, salmon, cumin, onion, cucumber. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.