Name: Grandma's Grain Recipe
Ingredients: 1 cup long grain brown rice (I use Lundberg's); 1 cup millet; 3 handfuls of whole barley; 3 handfuls of whole oats (groats); 1 handful of red rice, wild rice, or a mixture of wild type rices; 2 teaspoons salt

Why it works: Rice and barley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 568 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

Grandma's Grain Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup long grain brown rice (I use Lundberg's)
1 cup millet
3 handfuls of whole barley
3 handfuls of whole oats (groats)
1 handful of red rice, wild rice, or a mixture of wild type rices
2 teaspoons salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

925Calories

24 gProtein

5 gFat

196 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

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Red Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Barley	1 cup cooked (157g)	193
Wild Rice	1 cup cooked (164g)	166
Oat	1/2 cup dry (40g)	154
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Millet	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 101cookbooks. 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.

Rice + barleytop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together568 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Millet + barleytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Millet + red ricetop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1 recipe

Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).
Rice + millettop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together32 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
Barley + oatstop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together224 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-octenal (fatty, green).

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