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Ratatouille with Lemongrass Galangal Broth Recipe

Contributed in “The Occasional Vegetarian-NYTimes”

By chow · From Open Recipes · 20 ingredients
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Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Ratatouille with Lemongrass Galangal Broth Recipe

Serves 8

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

270Calories
11 gProtein
3 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 17 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Soybean Oilnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot 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 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.

  1. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  4. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  5. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 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 soybean

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, garlic, ginger, pepper, cumin, turmeric, tomato):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Soybeanthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, garlic, ginger, pepper, cumin, turmeric, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.