Name: Crab, Mango and Avocado Salad
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 prepared fresh crab, approx 250g mixed white and brown crabmeat; 2 spring onions, finely chopped; 1 large red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped; 1 lime; 1 tbsp fresh coriander, finely chopped; 1 mango,; 1 avocado; 2 tbsps bottlegreen elderflower cordial; 2 tbsps olive oil; 1 tbsp fresh mint leaves; 1 bag rocket; 2 slices medium sliced white bread

Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,536 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,117 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Coriander + avocadotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,094 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).
Lime + mangotop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together506 recipes

Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).
Lime + minttop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together846 recipes

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

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 (crab, lime, coriander, mango, avocado, olive, mint):

Lettucefits better
Capsicumfits better
Tomatofits better
Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against crab, lime, coriander, mango, avocado, olive, mint. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Avocado	1 medium (150g)	240
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Mango	1 cup diced (165g)	99
Crab	100g cooked	97
White Bread	1 slice (30g) white	79
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Coriander	not in our table	0
Peppermint	not in our table	0

Crab, Mango and Avocado Salad