Name: Kdrhi Powder
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons coriander-seed; 10 tablespoons turmeric; 4 tablespoons black pepper; 2.5 tablespoons chillies; 2 tablespoons small cardamoms; 2 tablespoons cinnamon; 1 tablespoon cloves; 1 tablespoon mace

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 ↓

Kdrhi Powder

Ingredients

Directions

Pound the coriander-seed, turmeric, black pepper, chillies, cardamoms, cinnamon, cloves, and mace together until fine.
Mix all the powdered ingredients thoroughly.
Store the mixture in a bottle.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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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.

Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together14,189 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).
Turmeric + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together667 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cardamom + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,299 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Coriander + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together872 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cardamom + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,114 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

Coriander seed: Provides the main citrusy, warm base flavour of the blend.
Turmeric: Adds earthy flavour and the characteristic yellow colour of the powder.
Black pepper: Adds sharp heat and pungency that lifts the other spices.
Chillies: Adds heat and a pungent kick to the blend.
Cinnamon: Adds sweet, woody aroma that rounds out the spice mix.
Cardamom: Adds fragrant, floral aroma to the blend.

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, turmeric, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, clove):

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Fit is the average pairing score against coriander, turmeric, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, clove. 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.