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Crisp Fried Tofu with Avocado Salsa & Watercress Salad

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Crisp Fried Tofu with Avocado Salsa & Watercress Salad

Why it works: Lime and watercress share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 68 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Crisp Fried Tofu with Avocado Salsa & Watercress Salad

Serves 4

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1220Calories
31 gProtein
42 gFat
185 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Avocado1 medium (150g)240
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Watercress1 cup (34g)4
Saucenot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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. Lime + watercresstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  3. Flour + watercresstop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together340 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Tofu + olivetop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together678 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

  5. Olive + watercresstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together684 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, rice, flour, olive, sugar, sauce, watercress):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limethe original
  3. Coconutfits about as well
  4. Lemonfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, rice, flour, olive, sugar, sauce, watercress. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.