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Lighten up your meal with this healthy, Asian-influenced side dish

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Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 3,536 recipes mention both. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 8
Prep35 min

Ingredients

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Bring a pan of boiling water to the boil, add the frozen peas and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until tender. Drain and leave to cool completely.

  2. Put the celeriac and carrot matchsticks in a large bowl. Add the bok choi and spring onions and toss to combine.

  3. Add the cooled peas, chopped parsley and chopped coriander to the bowl and stir gently to mix.

  4. In a small jug, whisk together the lime juice, sunflower oil and white wine vinegar until emulsified.

  5. Pour the dressing over the vegetables and toss well so everything is evenly coated.

  6. Cover and chill for 15 to 20 minutes so the vegetables soften slightly and the flavours meld, then serve.

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 + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  3. Parsley + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together547 recipes

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

  4. Parsley + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,062 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Carrot + coriandertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,296 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the peas

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, onion, parsley, coriander, lime, sunflower, white wine):

  1. Chickpeabetter flavor fit
  2. Beansbetter flavor fit
  3. Sesameabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, onion, parsley, coriander, lime, sunflower, white wine. 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).