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Beef Panang Curry

A delicious Thai curry that's similar to the better-known red curry, but with a thicker, richer sauce

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 23 ingredients
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Why it works: Lime and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,216 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Beef Panang Curry

Serves 2-4
Prep30 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1064Calories
61 gProtein
58 gFat
78 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 19 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Nutmeg1 tsp ground (2.2g)12
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Shallot1 tbsp minced (10g)7
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Galangalnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,216 recipes

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

  2. Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

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

  4. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

Swap the shallot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, lime, sauce, fish sauce, shrimp, tomato, cumin):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Spinachfits about as well
  4. Shallotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, lime, sauce, fish sauce, shrimp, tomato, cumin. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.