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Kugeli is a Lithuanian potato cake made with grated potatoes, onions, eggs, milk, flour, and baking powder.

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Why it works: Onion and potato are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,023 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Kugeli

Oven400 degree oven
Timeabout 1 1/3 to 1 1/4 hours

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Brown onions in butter (or butter) and cool.

  2. Grate potatoes, add eggs, milk and butter with onions, also salt.

  3. Add flour and mix well.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in 400 degree oven until brown (about 1 1/3 to 1 1/4 hours).

  2. Enjoy with sour cream if so desired.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

887Calories
33 gProtein
15 gFat
155 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Salt1 tsp (6g)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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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 + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  2. Potato + milktop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,611 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).

  3. Milk + flourtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together78,219 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Potato + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,355 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Egg + flourtop 15% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together106,462 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Milk and flour barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 78,219 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

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

What each ingredient does

Eggs
Bind the grated potato and hold the cakes together while baking.
Flour
Adds body and helps the batter set into a sliceable cake.
Baking powder
Releases gas during baking so the cakes rise and stay light.
Milk
Adds moisture so the batter stays loose and the cakes do not dry out.
Potatoes
Provide the main starchy bulk and texture of the cakes.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (potato, egg, milk, flour):

  1. Chivefits better
  2. Asparagusfits better
  3. Leekfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against potato, egg, milk, flour. 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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