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Bulgur Pilaf with Roasted Carrots and Parsnips Recipe

In this healthy side dish recipe, roasted carrots and parsnips are tossed with bulgur and sunflower seeds with a honey-lemon dressing.

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Bulgur Pilaf with Roasted Carrots and Parsnips Recipe

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Bulgur Pilaf with Roasted Carrots and Parsnips Recipe

4 to 6 servings
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

503Calories
10 gProtein
29 gFat
60 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sunflower Seed1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Honey1 tbsp (21g)64
Parsnip1/2 cup (78g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Bulgurnot 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 chow. 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Cumin + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  4. Cumin + bulgurtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together49 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Olive + garlictop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, onion, garlic, cumin, pepper, bulgur, carrot):

  1. Parsleyfits better
  2. Oreganofits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, onion, garlic, cumin, pepper, bulgur, carrot. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.