Name: Pea Tendrils with Coconut Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1/2 pound pea tendrils (about 8 cups chopped, loosely packed); 1/2 cup fresh or frozen grated coconut; 2 green cayenne chiles, finely chopped; 1/3 to 1/2 cup shallots, finely chopped; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon turmeric

Why it works: Shallot and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 282 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Pea Tendrils with Coconut Recipe

4 servings

Ingredients

1/2 pound pea tendrils (about 8 cups chopped, loosely packed)
1/2 cup fresh or frozen grated coconut
2 green cayenne chiles, finely chopped
1/3 to 1/2 cup shallots, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon turmeric

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

404Calories

8 gProtein

28 gFat

33 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Turmeric	1 tsp ground (3g)	9
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	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.

Shallot + turmerictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together282 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Coconut + turmerictop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,027 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).
Coconut + shallottop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together90 recipes

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (shallot, turmeric):

Limefits better
Lemonfits better
Avocadofits about as well
Coconutthe original

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

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