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Semiya Payasam

A preparation of milk and vermicelli sweetened with sugar.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Why it works: Cashew nut and cardamom share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 86 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Semiya Payasam

Serves 2

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

266Calories
9 gProtein
8 gFat
42 gCarbs

Counts 4 of 6 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 4 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Grape1/2 cup (76g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Gheenot in our table0
Cashew Nutnot 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. Cashew nut + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together86 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Raisin + cardamomtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together69 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-terpineol (lilac, floral).

  3. Ghee + cardamomtop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together622 recipes
  4. Milk + cardamomtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together535 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Sugar + raisintop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together12,481 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

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

Swap the raisin

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, sugar, ghee, cashew nut, cardamom):

  1. Coconutfits better
  2. Vanillafits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Raisinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, sugar, ghee, cashew nut, cardamom. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.