Why it works: Rice and saffron work together. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 629 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓
Kufta Bozbash
Ingredients
Directions
Cook broth from lamb bones with peas. Grind lamb flesh and onion in a mincer, combine with rice, salt, spices and shape balles, hiding in the middle a cherry plum.
Put diced potatoes, lamb balls and finely chopped onion into the broth, then add pieces of fat, salt, pepper and saffron extract.
Category:Azerbaijanian Recipes
Category:Azerbaijanian Soups
Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)
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
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Lamb | 100g cooked | 294 |
| Rice | 1 cup cooked (158g) white | 206 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Cherry | 1 cup (138g) | 87 |
| Pea | 1/2 cup (72g) | 62 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Mint | 2 tbsp fresh (3g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Saffron | not in our table | 0 |
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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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.
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Rice + saffrontop 2% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together629 recipes
Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
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Cherry + plumtop 3% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together149 recipes
Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
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Saffron + peppertop 7% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together781 recipes
Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
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Rice + potatotop 7% of all pairsSmell alikestrongCooked together851 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).
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Cherry + peppertop 8% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together1,336 recipes
Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).
Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs
Swap the plum
How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, rice, cherry, peas, potato, saffron, pepper):
- Limefits better
- Lemonfits better
- Coconutfits about as well
- Plumthe original
Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, rice, cherry, peas, potato, saffron, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.
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