Lye water

Things this is cooked with in real recipes — strongest cue for partners on the plate.

• Maltose0.33
• Rice bran oil0.33
• Wheat0.33
• Yard long bean0.29
• Red yeast0.29
• Soybean0.29
• Mung bean paste0.28
• Winter melon0.28
• Baijiu0.28
• Fermented black bean0.28
• Sunflower seed0.28
• Glutinous rice flour0.28
• Red bean paste0.27
• Shepherds purse0.27
• Sand ginger0.27
• Five spice powder0.27
• Fermented tofu0.26
• Garlic chive0.26
• Yibin yacai0.26
• Snow vegetable0.26

Similar in both chemistry and recipe use — the most versatile lens.

• Maltose0.70
• Salted duck egg0.66
• Glutinous rice flour0.66
• Red bean paste0.64
• Mung bean paste0.64
• Mung bean0.60
• Glutinous rice0.60
• Black sesame seed0.60
• Lotus seed0.60
• Winter melon0.60
• Baijiu0.59
• Dried tofu0.59
• Bamboo leaf0.59
• Zha cai0.58
• Fermented tofu0.58
• Mung bean starch0.58
• Five spice powder0.57
• Lard0.57
• Tofu skin0.57
• Rosewater0.56

Shares aroma compounds — best for direct substitutions.

• Maltose0.45
• Glutinous rice flour0.45
• Red bean paste0.44
• Salted duck egg0.42
• Black sesame seed0.40
• Mung bean paste0.40
• Rosewater0.37
• Pumpkin seed0.36
• Glutinous rice0.35
• Xylitol0.34
• Matcha powder0.33
• Pine pollen0.33
• Winter melon0.32
• Bakers ammonia0.32
• Lotus seed0.32
• Sachima0.31
• Melon seed0.31
• Red yeast0.31
• Mung bean0.31
• Bamboo leaf0.31