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Broad Bean Pilau

This broad bean dish will add a Middle Eastern twist to any summer occasion

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Broad Bean Pilau

Why it works: Allspice and dill share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 52 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Broad Bean Pilau

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

552Calories
10 gProtein
32 gFat
61 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Pine Nut1 oz (28g)191
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Allspice1 tsp ground (1.9g)5
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Broad Beannot 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. Allspice + dilltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Dill + pinetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together43 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Allspice + pinetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  4. Beans + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,242 recipes

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

  5. Beans + dilltop 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 nuts

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (basmati rice, beans, butter, onion, allspice, dill, pine):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Lentilsfits better
  4. Nutsthe original

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