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Braised Winter Vegetables with Coconut and Red Curry

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Braised Winter Vegetables with Coconut and Red Curry

Why it works: Clove and ginger match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,038 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Braised Winter Vegetables with Coconut and Red Curry

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

603Calories
9 gProtein
41 gFat
56 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Pumpkinnot 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 williamssonoma. 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. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Sweet potato + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together159 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Ginger + sweet potatotop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together306 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  4. Ginger + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Garlic + gingertop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,402 recipes

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

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

Swap the celery

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, garlic, clove, ginger, fish sauce, sweet potato, coconut):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Cardamomfits better
  4. Celerythe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, garlic, clove, ginger, fish sauce, sweet potato, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.