Name: Goan-style Chicken Vindaloo
Ingredients: Spices for dry-roasting (use the wuantities shown in the first picture above):; Cloves; Mustard Seeds; Cinammon (Dal-chini); Bay leaf; Cardamom pods; Ground coriander; Salt; Turmeric; Garam masala; Red chillie powder; Garlic & Ginger pulp chunks from your freezer; 2"bullet" style chillie peppers - one red one green; A tub of tamarind sauce - which should be at least 60% tamarind (you can find these in the freezer section of the Asian store) - you will need a couple of generous scoops of this.; 1 teaspoon of sugar; 1 medium onion sliced into 5cm long pieces; 3 chicken breast fillets (around 400 grams) (I normally use thighs - but couldn;t get hold of any tonight); Some "silverskin" style pickled onions - pickled in white wine vinegar (not malt vinegar); Half a tin of chopped tomatoes (for some reason I forgot to show this in the picture); Some freshly chopped coriander leaf

Why it works: Garlic and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,839 recipes mention both. Both carry 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine, which smells roasted, nutty. The science ↓

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

Garlic + chickentop 3% of all pairs

Aroma overlapmoderate

Mentioned together10,839 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Cardamom + turmerictop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together667 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Turmeric + gingertop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together2,775 recipes

Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).
Cardamom + coriandertop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together872 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Cardamom + gingertop 1% of all pairs

Aroma overlapstrong

Mentioned together1,114 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (clove, cardamom, coriander, turmeric, garlic, ginger, pepper):

Carrotbetter flavor fit
Capsicumbetter flavor fit
Tomatobetter flavor fit
Mustardthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against clove, cardamom, coriander, turmeric, garlic, ginger, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).

Goan-style Chicken Vindaloo

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Flavor stand-ins for the mustard

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