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Cinnamon-spice Chickpea Curry Recipe

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By lovefood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Chickpea and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and 150 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

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4 people
Prep35 min
Cook35 min

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chickpea + cinnamontop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together150 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cinnamon + clovetop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together3,866 recipes

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

  4. Chickpea + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  5. Cinnamon + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chickpea, sunflower, coriander, cinnamon, clove, cumin, plum):

  1. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  2. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  3. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chickpea, sunflower, coriander, cinnamon, clove, cumin, plum. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).