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Why it works: Coriander and cardamom match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 872 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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Ingredients

Directions

  1. Boil fish with whole spice until tender, drain, rinse with cold water, take out skin and bones, and chop the fish.- Put onion in a big pan, stir over moderate heat until tender, add fish and ghee, stir over heat for 1/2 hour, season with salt, black pepper, mixspice, cardamom, and black lemon, add coriander with 1/4 cup of dill, syir over heat for 5 mintes. - Boil rice in excess boiling water with 1 tablespoon salt for 5 mintues, drain.- Put 1 tablespoon ghee in pot, place rice layer, spread 1/2 cup dill, and 1/2 cup of fish mixture, repeat the layers, put the remaining fish on the top, cover, place the pot over heavy metal and cook over low heat for 45 minutes.- pour rise in serving plate and put fish mixture on the top, and serve hot.

  2. Category:Kuwaiti Recipes

  3. Category:Kuwaiti Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

617Calories
27 gProtein
27 gFat
66 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Salmon100g cooked208
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sharknot in our table0
Coriandernot 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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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. Coriander + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together872 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Dill + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together976 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  4. Cardamom + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together405 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Coriander + lemontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, shark, garlic, dill, coriander, cardamom, lemon):

  1. Broccolifits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Tomatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, shark, garlic, dill, coriander, cardamom, lemon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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