Why it works: Rice and soy milk share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 32 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓
The recipe
4 servingsIngredients
Contains: tree nuts, soy (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)
Directions
Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.
Put the water and raisins in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat, about 2 minutes.
Add the cooked brown rice and stir well to separate the grains. Cook over medium heat for 1 minute.
Stir in the soy milk, maple syrup, ground cinnamon and ground cardamom. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring often, for about 2 minutes until creamy.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the toasted chopped almonds.
Let the pudding rest for 5 minutes to thicken, then spoon into bowls and serve warm.
Explore the science
The flavor team
The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.
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Rice + soy milktop 6% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together32 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together1,299 recipes
Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
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Raisin + cinnamontop 2% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together5,390 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).
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Almond + cinnamontop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapstrongMentioned together3,514 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Raisin + almondtop 3% of all pairsAroma overlapmoderateMentioned together1,781 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Flavor stand-ins for the cardamom
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, raisin, maple syrup, soy milk, almond, cinnamon):
- Nutmegabout as good a flavor fit
- Cardamomthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against rice, raisin, maple syrup, soy milk, almond, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).
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