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Mushroom Curry with Galangal

"This is a jungle curry recipe, meaning it is very rustic and easy to make. This does not even require you to make a curry paste. Just put all the ingredients in the coconut milk and cook. This version is vegetarian; chicken can be added if you like."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Mushroom Curry with Galangal

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Mushroom Curry with Galangal

4 servings
Prep10 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

335Calories
7 gProtein
28 gFat
22 gCarbs

Counts 7 of 8 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 7 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Galangalnot 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 allrecipes. 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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

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

  2. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  4. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

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

  5. Lime + fish saucetop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together798 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the coconut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, lime, mushroom, pepper, fish sauce):

  1. Mangofits better
  2. Lemonfits about as well
  3. Coconutthe original
  4. Avocadofits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, lime, mushroom, pepper, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.