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Chickpea, Cauliflower and Potato Curry

Curry spices flatter chickpeas, cauliflower and potatoes alike. Serve this zesty meatless dish over brown basmati or jasmine rice. If you’d like, begin the meal with sliced cucumbers seasoned with salt and fresh mint, and end with pistachio ice cream.

By williamssonoma · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Chickpea, Cauliflower and Potato Curry

Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Chickpea, Cauliflower and Potato Curry

Serves 4.

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

778Calories
23 gProtein
18 gFat
138 gCarbs

Counts 14 of 16 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0
Waternot 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. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cumin + chickpeatop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together473 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Chickpea + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together233 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Cumin + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  5. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (olive, ginger, cumin, chickpea, tomato, lime, turmeric):

  1. Eggplantfits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Sweet potatofits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against olive, ginger, cumin, chickpea, tomato, lime, turmeric. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.