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Why it works: Quinoa and rice work together. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 43 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

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6 Servings

Ingredients

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

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By pickypalate. 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. Quinoa + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together43 recipes

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

  2. Mustard + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together4,160 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  3. Celery + peppertop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together16,001 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  4. Rice + celerytop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together2,139 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  5. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 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 garlic

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (quinoa, rice, mustard, yogurt, sauce, celery, pepper):

  1. Dillbetter flavor fit
  2. Turmericbetter flavor fit
  3. Corianderbetter flavor fit
  4. Garlicthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against quinoa, rice, mustard, yogurt, sauce, celery, pepper. 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).