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Kashmiri Chicken

A spicy chicken dish marinated in yogurt and tikka paste, then simmered with spices and almonds.

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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 ↓

Kashmiri Chicken

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Marinate

  1. Cook pilau rice.

  2. Slash chicken at intervals and place in a bowl.

  3. Mix together yogurt and tikka curry paste, then stir into chicken, coating evenly.

  4. Cover and chill for 1 hour.

Cook the curry

  1. Heat sunflower oil in a large pan and fry onion and garlic for 4 to 5 minutes.

  2. Stir in cumin, ginger and chilli paste and cook gently for 1 minute.

  3. Add chicken and fry gently, turning occasionally, for about 10 minutes.

  4. Stir in any remaining marinades with stock and ground almonds.

  5. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through.

  6. Add salt to taste.

Garnish and serve

  1. Scatter toasted flaked almonds over chicken and garnish with flat-leaf parsley.

  2. Serve chicken with pilau rice, pickles and poppadoms.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

331Calories
50 gProtein
5 gFat
19 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Sunflower Oilnot 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. 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 + cumintop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,082 recipes

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

  4. Cumin + gingertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Sunflower + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 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 drumsticks and thighs
Provide the meat that becomes tender and absorbs the spiced sauce as it simmers.
Natural yogurt
Its acidity and proteins tenderise the chicken during marinating and help the sauce cling.
Tikka curry paste
Supplies the main spice blend and flavour base for the marinade and sauce.
Sunflower oil
Carries the spices and browns the onion and chicken, adding fat for flavour.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it fries, forming the body of the sauce.
Ground almonds
Thicken the sauce and add a nutty richness and body.

The step that matters

Cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked through. Chicken must reach a safe internal temperature throughout. Gentle covered simmering keeps the meat moist while the thick sauce reduces and cooks the joints fully, so checking the thickest pieces matters.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, yogurt, sunflower, onion, garlic, cumin, ginger):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Corianderfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, yogurt, sunflower, onion, garlic, cumin, 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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