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Turkey Curry

Tamarind gives a lovely sour tang to this quick and easy curry.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Turkey Curry

Serves 40 pasties
Prep30 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

726Calories
41 gProtein
32 gFat
73 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 14 ingredients. The other 4 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
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Coriandernot in our table0
Seednot in our table0
Tamarindnot in our table0
Sunflower Oilnot 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 bbcfood. 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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Coriander + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).

  3. Coriander + tamarindtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together271 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  4. Tamarind + gingertop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together325 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together6,474 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 onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coriander, tamarind, sugar, garlic, ginger, sunflower, turkey):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Capsicumfits better
  3. Welsh onionfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coriander, tamarind, sugar, garlic, ginger, sunflower, turkey. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.