Plum + Rice
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 187 recipes, and they share 261 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Do plum and rice go together?
Yes. 187 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 261 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 14% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (261 of 381) also occur in rice. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-heptenal (green).
What each one brings
plum
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 25% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 13% for rice. It carries 120 molecules rice doesn't have.
rice
The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 13% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for plum. It carries 167 molecules plum doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with plum, top 4% with rice.
- Peach: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 11% with rice.
- Apricot: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 13% with rice.
- Pear: top 1% of pairs with plum, top 15% with rice.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with plum and rice
Mostly mains: 29 of the 41 recipes with a course label are mains.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 120 molecules rice doesn't, and rice has 167 that plum doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
All 261 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 120 only in plum and the 167 only in rice.
Plum and rice questions
Do plum and rice go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 187 recipes, and they share 261 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do plum and rice taste good together?
More than half of plum's flavor molecules (261 of 381) also occur in rice. Among the shared key aromas are 2,4-decadienal (seaweed) and 2-heptenal (green).
What goes with plum and rice?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with plum and top 4% with rice. Peach and apricot also fit both.
What can you make with plum and rice?
Mostly mains: 29 of the 41 recipes with a course label are mains. Common dishes include Plum Rice Salad, Avocado and Wehani Rice Salad, Basmati Rice with Nuts and Dried Fruit, Chicken and Rice with Oriental Sauce.
Can I use rice instead of plum?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: plum has 120 molecules rice doesn't, and rice has 167 that plum doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.
Compare other ingredients
Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs
Cite this analysis
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Rice. https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-rice. Accessed 2026-11-06.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_plum_vs_rice_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Plum vs Rice},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/plum-vs-rice},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.