Cream Cheese Barfi

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. Flour + raisintop 1% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together9,075 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

2. Almond + raisintop 2% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together1,781 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2-nonanone (fruity, floral).

3. Almond + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
   Smell alikestrong
   Cooked together1,093 recipes

   Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

4. Flour + almondtop 5% of all pairs
   Smell alikemoderate
   Cooked together8,673 recipes

   Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

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

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

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

What each ingredient does

Cream cheese

Provides rich body and a creamy, dense texture to the barfi.

Sour cream

Adds moisture and tang, keeping the mixture soft and creamy.

Condensed milk

Supplies sweetness and moisture, helping the mixture set smoothly when chilled.

Flour

Gives the batter structure so it holds its shape when baked and cut.

Baking powder

Releases gas that lightens the batter and gives it a little rise.

The step that matters

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, cream, condensed milk, sugar, flour, almond, coconut):

1. Vanillafits better
2. Bananafits about as well
3. Blueberryfits about as well
4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, cream, condensed milk, sugar, flour, almond, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.