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Paneer & Rice Dish!!

Paneer is a type of soft, crumbly cheese native to India and it has a simple, fresh, versatile flavor which makes it highly useful in an assortment of recipes.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 33 ingredients
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Why it works: Rice and corn match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 933 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Paneer & Rice Dish!!

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

857Calories
26 gProtein
26 gFat
136 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 19 ingredients. The other 5 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Cheese1 oz (28g) cheddar113
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Waternot in our table0
Paneernot in our table0
Fenugreeknot in our table0
Pastrynot 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.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Rice + corntop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together933 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  2. Olive + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,853 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cumin + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Cumin + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Rice + olivetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,994 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans,trans-2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the peas

The recipe marks peas as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (rice, olive, cumin, corn, paneer, onion, plum):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Beansfits better
  3. Cashew nutfits better
  4. Peasthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against rice, olive, cumin, corn, paneer, onion, plum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.