Name: Red Curry Stew & Vegetable Noodles
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 7
Ingredients: 2 whole Large Carrots, Peeled; 1 whole Medium Yellow Squash; 2 whole Medium Zucchini; 1 package (14 Oz. Size) Firm Tofu; 1-½ Tablespoon Olive Oil; ⅓ whole Medium Red Onion, Chopped; 1 piece (1 Inch Size) Fresh Ginger, Peeled And Sliced; 3 cloves Garlic, Minced Or Pressed; 5 teaspoons Red Curry Paste; 1 whole Large Potato, Peeled And Diced; 4 cups Vegetable Stock; 1 cup Light Coconut Milk; ½ heads Cabbage Chopped; 2 Tablespoons Fish Sauce; 2 Tablespoons Lime Juice; 1-½ Tablespoon Sea Salt; 8 whole Large Basil Leaves, Chopped; 1 Tablespoon Black Sesame Seeds (optional)

Why it works: Ginger and clove 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 ↓

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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.

Ginger + clovetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together6,038 recipes

Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).
Carrot + gingertop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,377 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Carrot + potatotop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,107 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Carrot + clovetop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,873 recipes

Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (carrot, tofu, olive, onion, ginger, potato, coconut):

Turmericfits better
Cuminfits better
Garlicfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against carrot, tofu, olive, onion, ginger, potato, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Tofu	100g firm	76
Broccoli	1 cup chopped (156g)	55
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Cucumber	1/2 cup sliced (52g)	16
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Ginger	1 tsp grated fresh (2g)	2
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Pumpkin	not in our table	0
Black Sesame Seed	not in our table	0

Red Curry Stew & Vegetable Noodles