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Anatolian Bulgur Pilav

"This is a traditional dish during Ramadan months especially. Translated this from Turkish so I apologize if the measurements are slightly off."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 9 ingredients
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Anatolian Bulgur Pilav

Why it works: Lentils and chickpea share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 44 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Anatolian Bulgur Pilav

6 servings
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

575Calories
36 gProtein
31 gFat
39 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Bulgurnot in our table0
Green Lentilnot in our table0
Peppermintnot 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.

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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. Lentils + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together44 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  2. Olive + tomatotop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together15,539 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-hexenal (apple, fruity).

  3. Bulgur + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together19 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  4. Bulgur + lentilstop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

  5. Tomato + chickpeatop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together538 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, tomato, beef, bulgur, pepper, lentils, chickpea):

  1. Spinachfits better
  2. Eggplantfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, tomato, beef, bulgur, pepper, lentils, chickpea. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.