Name: Chard, Sweet Potato & Peanut Stew
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sunflower oil; 1 large onion , chopped; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 400g sweet potatoes , cut into medium chunks; ½ tsp crushed chilli flakes; 400g can chopped tomatoes; 140g salted, roasted peanuts; 250g chard , leaves and stems, washed and roughly chopped

Why it works: Sweet potato and chard share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 13 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Chard, Sweet Potato & Peanut Stew

Serves 4

Prep15 min

Cook45 min

Ingredients

2 tbsp sunflower oil
1 large onion , chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
400g sweet potatoes , cut into medium chunks
½ tsp crushed chilli flakes
400g can chopped tomatoes
140g salted, roasted peanuts
250g chard , leaves and stems, washed and roughly chopped

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

235Calories

7 gProtein

1 gFat

53 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 8 ingredients. The other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Sunflower Oil	not in our table	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Roasted Peanut	not in our table	0
Chard	not in our table	0

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.

Sweet potato + chardtop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together13 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,272 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Sunflower + cumintop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together194 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cumin + sweet potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together232 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).
Cumin + chardtop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together22 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the peanut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, onion, cumin, sweet potato, tomato, chard):

Chickpeafits better
Lentilsfits better
Beansfits better
Peanutthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, onion, cumin, sweet potato, tomato, chard. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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