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Egg Rice

A stir‑fried rice dish with eggs, onions, green chilies, ginger, garlic, and spices.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and clove match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,189 recipes. Both carry ethyl cinnamate, which smells sweet, balsamic. The science ↓

Egg Rice

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cook rice and keep it aside.

Cook the fried rice

  1. Sweat onions and green chilies in a pan over medium heat.

  2. Add ginger and garlic pastes.

  3. Add rice and mix everything well.

  4. Add salt and spice powder.

  5. Stir in the beaten eggs. Cook until everything is mixed well.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

353Calories
12 gProtein
6 gFat
62 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  2. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  3. Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Rice + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,137 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

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

What each ingredient does

Rice
Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs the flavours of the aromatics and spices.
Eggs
Set as they cook, binding the rice and adding richness and texture.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it sweats, forming an aromatic base for the dish.
Green chile peppers
Add heat and fresh aroma to the aromatic base.
Ginger paste
Adds pungent, aromatic flavour when cooked in the pan.
Garlic paste
Adds pungent, aromatic flavour when cooked in the pan.

The step that matters

Stir in the beaten eggs. Eggs set quickly in hot oil and can clump or turn rubbery if overcooked. Keep the heat moderate and keep the rice moving so the egg cooks into small, even pieces through the rice.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, pepper, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, clove, egg):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Carrotfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, pepper, ginger, garlic, cinnamon, clove, egg. 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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