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Curried Pork Medley

A pork and banana curry served over rice with tomatoes and olives.

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Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Curried Pork Medley

Time20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Brown the pork

  1. Brown pork chops in hot oil in a large skillet.

  2. Season the pork chops with salt and pepper.

  3. Remove the pork chops from the skillet and keep them warm.

  4. Add curry powder and bananas to the skillet; stir to coat over low heat.

  5. Remove the bananas from the skillet.

Make the rice

  1. Add garlic, onion, and 1-1/2 teaspoons salt to the skillet; cook until tender.

  2. Stir in tomato juice and enough water to make 2-1/3 cups liquid.

  3. Add rice, cloves, and pepper sauce.

  4. Top the mixture with the pork chops.

  5. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed.

  6. Remove the pork chops from the skillet and discard the cloves.

  7. Stir in tomatoes and olives.

Finish and serve

  1. Place bananas on top of the rice mixture and heat through.

  2. Serve the pork chops with the rice and bananas.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

768Calories
36 gProtein
30 gFat
92 gCarbs

Counts 12 of 13 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Olive1 large (4g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Saucenot 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. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Pepper + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Tomato + ricetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,065 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  5. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

What each ingredient does

Pork chops
Provide the main protein, browned for flavor before the rice simmers beneath them.
Rice
Absorbs the tomato liquid as it simmers, setting the dish's body and texture.
Bananas
Soften with gentle heat and add natural sweetness that balances the curry and tomato.
Curry powder
Blooms in the hot pan to release aroma, flavoring the whole dish.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and moisture, with their liquid helping cook the rice.
Onion
Softens as it cooks, adding sweetness and savory depth to the base.

The step that matters

Simmer covered until the liquid is absorbed. Rice needs enough liquid and a tightly covered, gentle simmer to cook through. Lifting the lid lets steam escape, which can leave the grains firm or the liquid unevenly absorbed.

Swap the banana

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, pepper, clove, garlic, onion, tomato, rice):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Limefits better
  3. Mangofits better
  4. Bananathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, pepper, clove, garlic, onion, tomato, rice. 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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