Rice + Plum
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 187 recipes, and they share 261 flavor molecules: the top 14% of all ingredient pairs.
Do rice and plum 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
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.
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.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 4% of pairs with rice, top 5% with plum.
- Peach: top 11% of pairs with rice, top 1% with plum.
- Apricot: top 13% of pairs with rice, top 1% with plum.
- Pear: top 15% of pairs with rice, top 1% with plum.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with rice and plum
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: rice has 167 molecules plum doesn't, and plum has 120 that rice 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 167 only in rice and the 120 only in plum.
Rice and plum questions
Do rice and plum 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 rice and plum 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 rice and plum?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 4% of pairs with rice and top 5% with plum. Peach and apricot also fit both.
What can you make with rice and plum?
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 plum instead of rice?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: rice has 167 molecules plum doesn't, and plum has 120 that rice 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: Rice vs Plum. https://compkitchen.com/compare/rice-vs-plum. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_rice_vs_plum_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Rice vs Plum},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/rice-vs-plum},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.