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Uzbek Plov

Almost authentic rice and lamb dish for a party from the heart of Middle Asia. Easy and delicious.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Uzbek Plov

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Uzbek Plov

Serves 10

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

820Calories
32 gProtein
49 gFat
63 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
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.

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Carrot + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Cumin + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  4. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Carrot + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together21,601 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

Swap the garlic

The recipe marks garlic as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, rice, carrot, onion, cumin):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Corianderfits about as well
  3. Garlicthe original
  4. Parsleyfits about as well

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