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Coconut Rice

By epicurious · From Open Recipes · 4 ingredients
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Coconut Rice

Why it works: Rice and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,063 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Rice

Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

538Calories
7 gProtein
27 gFat
68 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

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. Rice + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Cream + sugartop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together43,450 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).

  3. Jasmine + coconuttop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together14 recipes

    Shared aroma: eugenol (clove, spicy).

  4. Coconut + creamtop 18% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,223 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Jasmine + ricetop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (jasmine, rice, cream, sugar):

  1. Coconutthe original
  2. Vanillafits about as well
  3. Orangefits less well
  4. Mangofits less well

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