Name: Bean & Dill Pilaf with Garlicky Yogurt
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 onions , halved and thinly sliced; 25g butter; 175g basmati rice; 20g pack dill , stalks and fronds chopped but kept separate; 500ml vegetable stock; 300g frozen mixed vegetables , broad beans, peas and green beans; 100g Greek yogurt; 1 tbsp milk; 1⁄2 garlic clove , crushed

Why it works: Beans and green beans share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 36 recipes. Both carry 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells green bell pepper, earthy. The science ↓

Bean & Dill Pilaf with Garlicky Yogurt

Serves 2

Prep5 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

2 onions , halved and thinly sliced
25g butter
175g basmati rice
20g pack dill , stalks and fronds chopped but kept separate
500ml vegetable stock
300g frozen mixed vegetables , broad beans, peas and green beans
100g Greek yogurt
1 tbsp milk
1⁄2 garlic clove , crushed

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

829Calories

36 gProtein

35 gFat

93 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Vegetable	1 tbsp (14g)	120
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Yogurt	170g plain Greek	100
Pea	1/2 cup (72g)	62
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Dill	5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried	4
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Broad Bean	not in our table	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.

Beans + green beanstop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together36 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Peas + green beanstop 2% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together54 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Beans + peastop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together949 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Onion + beanstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,242 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Dill + beanstop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together90 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 dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, butter, basmati rice, beans, peas, green beans, yogurt):

Garlicfits better
Turmericfits better
Cuminfits better
Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, butter, basmati rice, beans, peas, green beans, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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