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Brinjal with Walnut Dressing

"The mild flavor of brinjal, also known as aubergine or eggplant, lends itself to sauces. This spicy yogurt sauce is no exception."

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Brinjal with Walnut Dressing

Why it works: Walnut and eggplant share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 30 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Brinjal with Walnut Dressing

4 servings
Prep25 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

299Calories
19 gProtein
18 gFat
19 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cayenne1 tsp (1.8g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 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 allrecipes. 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. Walnut + eggplanttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together30 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Eggplant + peppertop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,123 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Walnut + peppertop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Eggplant + yogurttop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together51 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Walnut + yogurttop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together498 recipes

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

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

Swap the walnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, yogurt, pepper):

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

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