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Fereni Starch Pudding

"A delightful pudding that can be eaten hot or cold, during Ramadan, particularly on sohur or iftar. Adjust both the sugar and the rosewater to taste."

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Fereni Starch Pudding

Why it works: Cardamom and almond match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 457 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Fereni Starch Pudding

6 servings

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

666Calories
22 gProtein
10 gFat
121 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Seednot 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 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. Cardamom + almondtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together457 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Milk + cardamomtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together535 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Milk + almondtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,800 recipes

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

  4. Almond + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,679 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-penten-3-one (fish, pungent).

  5. Milk + sugartop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together77,875 recipes

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

Milk and sugar barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 77,875 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

Swap the almond

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, cardamom, sugar):

  1. Almondthe original
  2. Pistachiofits about as well
  3. Cashew nutfits about as well
  4. Hazelnutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, cardamom, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.