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Sunny Citrus Salad

A chilled rice salad with yogurt, orange, banana, raisins, celery, and peanuts.

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Why it works: Rice and peanut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 670 recipes. Both carry 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, which smells popcorn, roasted. The science ↓

Sunny Citrus Salad

Ingredients

Directions

Make the salad

  1. Combine rice, yogurt, mayonnaise, orange juice, curry powder and salt.

  2. Pare orange and remove sections by cutting close to membrane.

  3. Gently fold into rice mixture with banana, raisins and celery; chill.

Serve

  1. Serve on salad greens, if desired.

  2. Top with peanuts.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

628Calories
31 gProtein
8 gFat
112 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Roasted Peanutnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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 + peanuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together670 recipes

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

  2. Rice + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,169 recipes

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

  3. Banana + peanuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together308 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Orange + bananatop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,118 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Yogurt + bananatop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together508 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

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

What each ingredient does

Cooked rice
Forms the bulk of the salad and carries the dressing.
Orange flavored yogurt
Adds moisture and tang that keep the rice from drying out.
Mayonnaise
Adds fat and creaminess to bind the salad together.
Orange juice concentrate
Adds concentrated citrus sweetness and aroma to the dressing.
Curry powder
Adds warm spice aroma that flavors the whole salad.

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, orange, yogurt, banana, celery, peanut):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, orange, yogurt, banana, celery, peanut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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