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Tapioca Pilaf

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Tapioca Pilaf

Why it works: Garlic and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 5,082 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Tapioca Pilaf

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

279Calories
5 gProtein
12 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 11 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Waternot in our table0
Tapioca Pearlnot in our table0
Taronot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Roasted Peanutnot 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 epicurious. 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. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Garlic + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together877 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Garlic + mustardtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,053 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Mustard + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together765 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Cumin + peanuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together132 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).

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

Swap the tapioca pearl

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (taro, butter, garlic, mustard, cumin, peanut):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Okrafits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Tapioca pearlthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against taro, butter, garlic, mustard, cumin, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.