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Beetroot, Carrot & Chickpea Pittas with Spicy Yogurt

A low-fat sandwich that makes a great lunchbox filler and is packed with healthy goodness

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Beetroot, Carrot & Chickpea Pittas with Spicy Yogurt

Why it works: Beetroot and chickpea share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 24 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Beetroot, Carrot & Chickpea Pittas with Spicy Yogurt

Serves 2
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

338Calories
28 gProtein
4 gFat
50 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 7 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Bread1 slice (30g) white79
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Beetrootnot in our table0
Peppermintnot in our table0
Harissanot 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. Beetroot + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together24 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Beetroot + carrottop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together699 recipes

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

  3. Carrot + chickpeatop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together180 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Chickpea + harissatop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together58 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Chickpea + yogurttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together123 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the harissa

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (bread, beetroot, carrot, mint, chickpea, yogurt):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Dillfits better
  4. Harissathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against bread, beetroot, carrot, mint, chickpea, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.