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Paneer-stuffed Peppers

These delicately spiced stuffed peppers are perfect for veggies and can be served as part of an Indian feast.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 18 ingredients
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Why it works: Pepper and paneer work together. They rank in the top 21% of all ingredient pairs, and 38 recipes mention both. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4-8
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Contains: milk (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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By bbcfood. 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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Pepper + paneertop 21% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together38 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,775 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  4. Peas + green beanstop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together54 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  5. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together3,272 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pepper, cumin, tomato, ginger, peas, green beans, turmeric):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Potatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pepper, cumin, tomato, ginger, peas, green beans, turmeric. 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).