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Roxanne's Lentil Salad, Inspired By Zare Recipe

It's a lot of chopping, but then it's done.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Carrot and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,053 recipes. Both carry 2,4-decadienal, which smells seaweed. The science ↓

Roxanne's Lentil Salad, Inspired By Zare Recipe

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

354Calories
14 gProtein
2 gFat
74 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Barley1 cup cooked (157g)193
Lentil1/2 cup cooked (99g)115
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Olive1 large (4g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

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. Carrot + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together8,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  2. Dill + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together669 recipes

    Shared aroma: p-mentha-1,3,8-triene (camphor, herbal).

  3. Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together10,173 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  4. Celery + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,810 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Carrot + dilltop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together321 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the lentils

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, celery, pepper, barley, olive, dill, parsley):

  1. Chickpeafits about as well
  2. Beansfits about as well
  3. Lentilsthe original
  4. Walnutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, celery, pepper, barley, olive, dill, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.