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Dahi-wali Chicken Curry

A yogurt-based chicken curry 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 ↓

Dahi-wali Chicken Curry

Time15–20 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gravy base

  1. Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds. When cumin seeds start to sizzle, add ginger, garlic, and green chilies and fry for a few seconds until fragrant.

  2. Add onions and cook until they turn slightly brown.

  3. Add chili powder, coriander powder, and turmeric powder, and fry for 1 minute.

  4. Add tomatoes and cook until tomatoes start to soften and form the gravy base.

  5. Add yoghurt and cook for 2 minutes.

Cook and finish

  1. Add chicken and salt, cover, and cook for about 15–20 minutes on medium heat until chicken is tender.

  2. Add chopped coriander leaves and sprinkle garam masala as garnish.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

381Calories
34 gProtein
18 gFat
20 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Ginger + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,505 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken
Provides the main protein, which becomes tender as it cooks in the gravy.
Plain yoghurt
Adds tang and creaminess to the gravy, and its proteins can curdle if overheated.
Onions
Cooking until browned builds sweetness and body in the gravy base.
Tomatoes
Break down into the gravy base, adding acidity, moisture and body.
Cooking oil
Carries the spices and aromatics, helping release their fat-soluble flavour.

The step that matters

Adding yoghurt. Yoghurt can split or curdle when it meets high heat. Cooking the gravy at a moderate heat and adding the yoghurt once the tomatoes have softened helps keep it smooth and creamy.

Swap the onion

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

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

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, tomato, ginger, garlic, cumin, turmeric, coriander. 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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