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Carrot, Cumin & Feta Fritters with Coriander Yogurt

Give your midweek meal a Middle Eastern twist with this low-cal and speedy recipe

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,866 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  2. Cumin + carrottop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together776 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Coriander + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,296 recipes

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

  4. Carrot + oniontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together21,599 recipes

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

  5. Yogurt + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,183 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, coriander, flour, cumin, egg, carrot, feta cheese):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  3. Spinachbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, coriander, flour, cumin, egg, carrot, feta cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).