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Boneless Chicken Curry with Potatoes

A curry of boneless chicken and potatoes simmered with onions, tomatoes, and spices.

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Why it works: Cumin and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,698 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Boneless Chicken Curry with Potatoes

Time15–20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the masala

  1. Heat oil in a deep pan and add cumin seeds.

  2. Wait until the cumin seeds start to sizzle, then add chopped ginger, garlic, and green chilies, and fry until fragrant.

  3. Add onions and cook until they soften and become lightly browned.

  4. Add tomatoes and cook for 2–3 minutes until they pulp.

  5. Add salt, turmeric, red chili powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder, and fry for a minute until the spices blend in.

Cook the curry

  1. Add the chicken pieces, potatoes, and one cup of water, cover, and cook on medium heat for 15–20 minutes until the chicken and potatoes are cooked through.

  2. Add more water if desired.

Finish and serve

  1. Sprinkle with garam masala and fresh chopped coriander leaves.

  2. Serve with warm rotis and enjoy.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

542Calories
39 gProtein
19 gFat
57 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot 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.

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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. Cumin + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,698 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Cumin + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,866 recipes

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

  3. Turmeric + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

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

  5. Turmeric + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,253 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

Chicken breasts
Provide the main protein, which firms and turns opaque as it cooks through.
Baby potatoes
Add starch that softens during simmering and thickens the sauce slightly.
Onion
Softens and browns to build sweetness and the base flavour of the sauce.
Tomatoes
Break down into pulp to add acidity, body and moisture to the sauce.
Cumin seeds
Bloom in hot oil to release aroma that flavours the whole curry.
Ginger and garlic
Release pungent aromatic compounds when fried, adding savoury depth.

The step that matters

Fry the spices until they blend in. Spices bloom and lose raw, dusty flavour when fried briefly in hot fat; adding them to wet ingredients too early leaves the curry tasting raw.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, potato, tomato, cumin, turmeric, coriander, ginger):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Okrafits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, potato, tomato, cumin, turmeric, coriander, 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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