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Bipins Tarka Coconut Dip

A traditional Gujarati yoghurt and coconut dip infused with aromatic tempered mustard seeds, touch of garlic, curry leaf and a hint of hot smoked paprika. Perfect with kebabs, bhajia, pakora or straight forward crisps or nachos. My friend Sharon and few hundreds people absolutely love it. I have served this dish with bhajia and traditional sun dried poppadums when I've cooked for large numbers of people at Hitchin Priory Hotel to Princess Helena College to Red Lion Preston Village.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Bipins Tarka Coconut Dip

Why it works: Coconut and sunflower match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 194 recipes. Both carry beta-pinene, which smells pine, resin. The science ↓

Bipins Tarka Coconut Dip

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

297Calories
3 gProtein
28 gFat
13 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 8 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Coconut + sunflowertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  2. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Sunflower + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together369 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Mustard + sunflowertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, mustard, sunflower, garlic, coriander):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, mustard, sunflower, garlic, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.