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Coconut Rice & Peas

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By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,039 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Rice & Peas

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

774Calories
16 gProtein
42 gFat
87 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Kidney Bean1/2 cup canned (128g) drained112
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Coconut + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,039 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Thyme + peppertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,585 recipes

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

  3. Thyme + coriandertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together427 recipes

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

  4. Pepper + coriandertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,949 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

  5. Onion + thymetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,171 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the kidney beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, basmati rice, coconut, milk, thyme, pepper, coriander):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Cashew nutfits better
  3. Beansfits better
  4. Kidney beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, basmati rice, coconut, milk, thyme, pepper, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.