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Cheese & Chilli Naans

Ready in under 20 minutes and a perfect accompaniment to other Indian dishes such as dhal

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Why it works: Naan and coriander work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 77 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep10 min
Cook5 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the grill to high and line a baking tray with foil.

  2. Lay the naan bread on the tray and scatter the grated cheddar evenly over each one.

  3. Sprinkle the chopped red chilli, or the chilli powder, over the cheese.

  4. Grill for 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese has melted and is bubbling and the edges of the naan are golden.

  5. Scatter the chopped coriander over the hot naans, cut each into wedges and serve straight away.

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. Naan + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Naan + breadtop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Bread + coriandertop 20% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together61 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the coriander

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (naan, bread):

  1. Garlicbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against naan, bread. 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).