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Beetroot Falafel

Jazz up an all-time vegetarian favourite by adding vibrant beetroot - serve with tahini yoghurt dip and pickled beets

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Beetroot Falafel

Why it works: Cumin and chickpea match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 473 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Beetroot Falafel

Serves 6
Prep30 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1111Calories
49 gProtein
32 gFat
159 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Beet1/2 cup (85g)35
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Beetrootnot in our table0
Saladnot 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 + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Chickpea + beetroottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cumin + beetroottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together65 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Olive + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,015 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl butyrate (fruity, apple).

  5. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, cumin, chickpea, beetroot, egg, yogurt):

  1. Lentilsfits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Tahinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, cumin, chickpea, beetroot, egg, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.