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A fried potato and chicken patty made with eggs, spices, and parsley.

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Why it works: Clove and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 14,189 recipes mention both. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Makoud Vil Djedj

Timeabout 15 minutes to cook potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the filling

  1. Cook potatoes in water until soft about 15 minutes. Drain well and mash.

  2. Add eggs, onion, garlic, salt, turmeric, cinnamon and parsley. Mix well.

  3. Combine chicken, cinnamon and pepper. Set aside.

Shape the cakes

  1. Spread flour on cutting board. Put mashed potato on the board and flatten into a 3 inch wide by 2 inch deep by 1 foot long log.

  2. Make a trench down the center of the log.

  3. Put the chicken into the trench, then pinch the trench shut, covering the chicken.

  4. Cut the log into 8 round patties. Dust with flour.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat oil in skillet and deep fry until golden brown.

  2. Drain and serve. Can be served like a hamburger or just eaten with a side dish.

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Explore the science

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. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Turmeric + cinnamontop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,197 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

  4. Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Clove + turmerictop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,876 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Potato
Forms the bulk of the cake, giving a soft, starchy body once cooked and mashed.
Eggs
Bind the mashed potato and filling so the cakes hold their shape.
Chicken breast
Provides the protein filling sealed inside the potato shell.
Flour
Dusted on the board and patties so the outside dries and browns during frying.

The step that matters

Pinch the trench shut fully. If the potato is not sealed over the chicken, the filling can leak out and burn in the hot oil, and the patty may crack or fall apart while frying.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, egg, clove, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, parsley):

  1. Chivebetter flavor fit
  2. Shallotbetter flavor fit
  3. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, egg, clove, garlic, turmeric, cinnamon, parsley. 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).

“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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