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Cauliflower, Rice & Lentil Salad

This earthy and vegetarian rice pilaf is good for feeding a crowd, so works well on a buffet table

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Cauliflower, Rice & Lentil Salad

Why it works: Wild rice and lentils share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Cauliflower, Rice & Lentil Salad

Serves 12
Prep20 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

533Calories
20 gProtein
16 gFat
86 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Wild Rice1 cup cooked (164g)166
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Peppermintnot 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. Wild rice + lentilstop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Parsley + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

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

  3. Mint + lemontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,998 recipes

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

  4. Cauliflower + lentilstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Lentils + parsleytop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together322 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cauliflower, olive, wild rice, lentils, parsley, mint, lemon):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Orangefits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cauliflower, olive, wild rice, lentils, parsley, mint, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.