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Southern Indian Corn on the Cob Recipe

Walking around NY, one can’t help but notice all the ‘corn’ sold at the various fruit and vegetable stands.As a child, I loved corn, but in recent years, our...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Southern Indian Corn on the Cob Recipe

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Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

572Calories
26 gProtein
36 gFat
44 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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 chow. 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 + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  2. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

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

  3. Cumin + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Corn + coconuttop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (corn, coconut, yogurt, cumin, ginger, garlic, tomato):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against corn, coconut, yogurt, cumin, ginger, garlic, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.