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Tandoori Pork Sauté

A sauté of pork with onions, garlic, plums, yogurt, ginger, turmeric, and pepper served over nutty rice.

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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 ↓

Tandoori Pork Sauté

Time10 minutes simmer for the sauce

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the pork

  1. Cook pork in a nonstick skillet, half at a time, for 2 minutes or until browned, turning occasionally.

  2. Transfer pork to a platter.

Make the sauce

  1. In the same skillet, sauté onion and garlic for 1 minute.

  2. Add plums and sauté for 1 minute longer.

  3. Remove skillet from heat.

  4. Return pork to the pan.

  5. Combine yogurt with flour.

  6. Add the yogurt‑flour mixture to the skillet along with ginger, turmeric, and pepper.

  7. Bring the mixture to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Make the nutty rice

  1. To make nutty rice, bring 2 cups water to a boil in a saucepan.

  2. Add ¾ cup brown rice and ¼ cup wheat berries.

  3. (Optional: omit wheat berries and use 1 cup brown rice.)

  4. Return to a boil, cover, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until rice is tender.

Serve

  1. Serve the pork over nutty rice and surround with condiments.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1167Calories
65 gProtein
17 gFat
184 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 14 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Orange1 medium (131g)62
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Wheatnot 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.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

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

  4. Clove + plumtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together446 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  5. Plum + gingertop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together272 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

What each ingredient does

Lean pork
Provides the protein base; browning it first builds flavor in the skillet.
Plain lowfat yogurt
Adds tang and creaminess, and its proteins help form a thick sauce when heated.
Flour
Stabilizes the yogurt so it thickens and resists curdling when brought to a boil.
Plums
Add fruity sweetness and acidity that balances the spiced yogurt sauce.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it cooks, forming the aromatic base of the sauce.

The step that matters

Bringing the yogurt mixture to a boil. Yogurt can curdle or separate when it is heated quickly or boiled hard. Stirring it with the flour and keeping the heat controlled helps it stay smooth and thick.

Swap the plum

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, onion, garlic, clove, yogurt, flour, ginger):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits about as well
  4. Plumthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, onion, garlic, clove, yogurt, flour, ginger. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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