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Baked Aubergines with Coriander Yogurt Dressing

This vegetarian recipe is low in saturated fat and high in fibre, which helps to lower blood cholesterol

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and yogurt are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,183 recipes mention both. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

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

Directions

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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. Coriander + yogurttop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,183 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,164 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Lemon + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,498 recipes

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

  4. Tomato + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,966 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  5. Olive + yogurttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,633 recipes

    Shared aroma: isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, lemon, apricot, tomato, onion, pine, cinnamon):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Beansbetter flavor fit
  3. Almondbetter flavor fit
  4. Nutsthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, lemon, apricot, tomato, onion, pine, cinnamon. 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).