Name: Creamy Raw Vegan Cashew Dip Recipe
Yield: 1 small bowl
Ingredients: 1 cup raw cashews soaked for at least 4 hours; ½ tsp lemon juice; ½ tsp fine Celtic sea salt; one piece of chopped fresh ginger – about 1.5cm piece; 1 hot green chili – seeds and placental skin removed to get rid of the extreme heat; 4 Tbsp filtered water, or more for desired consistency; 2 Tbsp fresh cilantro/coriander

Why it works: Lemon and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creamy Raw Vegan Cashew Dip Recipe

1 small bowl

Ingredients

1 cup raw cashews soaked for at least 4 hours
½ tsp lemon juice
½ tsp fine Celtic sea salt
one piece of chopped fresh ginger – about 1.5cm piece
1 hot green chili – seeds and placental skin removed to get rid of the extreme heat
4 Tbsp filtered water, or more for desired consistency
2 Tbsp fresh cilantro/coriander

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

180Calories

6 gProtein

13 gFat

14 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 9 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cashew	1 oz (28g / ~18 nuts)	157
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Seed	not in our table	0
Water	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0

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.

Lemon + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,505 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Lemon + gingertop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,154 recipes

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

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

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lemon, coriander):

Cardamomfits better
Cuminfits better
Parsleyfits better
Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lemon, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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