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Chilli-lemon Lamb Cutlets

Put some zing in lamb cutlets with a chilli coating, ready in just 15 minutes

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Lamb and naan work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 17 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 2

Ingredients

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

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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. Lamb + naantop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together17 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

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

  3. Turmeric + coriandertop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,252 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Garlic + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,477 recipes

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

  5. Lemon + turmerictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,192 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the turmeric

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, lemon, yogurt, sauce, garlic, coriander, naan):

  1. Cuminbetter flavor fit
  2. Cardamombetter flavor fit
  3. Gingerabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Turmericthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, lemon, yogurt, sauce, garlic, coriander, naan. 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).