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Himalayan Vegetable-Noodle Stew

A hearty stew of Tibetan noodles, assorted vegetables, spinach, and spices simmered in a mustard oil and yogurt sauce.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic 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 ↓

Himalayan Vegetable-Noodle Stew

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the noodles

  1. Cook noodles in boiling salted water until slightly undercooked. Drain and rinse.

Make the stew

  1. In a saucepan heat two tablespoons of mustard oil.

  2. Add onions and fry until light brown.

  3. Add turmeric, garlic, ginger, cumin powder, and chilies, and stir well for a minute or so.

  4. Put the assorted vegetables in and stir-fry well, about five minutes.

  5. To the vegetable mixture add tomatoes, soy sauce, yogurt, broth, jwanu, bay leaf, salt and pepper, and cook until vegetables are tender.

  6. Add the noodles and stew for five more minutes or until a nice consistency of the sauce is attained.

Finish and serve

  1. Add spinach and fold into the stewed noodles for a minute or so until wilted.

  2. Garnish with chopped cilantro.

  3. Serve with roti.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

612Calories
32 gProtein
17 gFat
89 gCarbs

Counts 20 of 22 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 20 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Mustard Oil1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Lovagenot in our table0
Seednot 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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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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Spinach + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Cauliflower + mustardtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together687 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  4. Cauliflower + spinachtop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together117 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

  5. Mustard + spinachtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together503 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

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

What each ingredient does

Tibetan noodles
Provide the starchy body of the dish, absorbing the sauce as they finish cooking in it.
Yogurt
Adds tang and a creamy richness to the sauce, with mild acidity that balances the spices.
Tomatoes
Contribute acidity and moisture that help form the savory base of the stew.
Onion
Fried to light brown, it adds sweetness and depth to the base of the stew.
Soy sauce
Adds savory depth and salty umami to the sauce.
Spinach
Wilts quickly into the hot stew, adding color and a soft, tender texture.

The step that matters

Adding the yogurt to the hot sauce. Yogurt is acidic and can curdle or separate when it meets high heat. Stirring it in with the tomatoes and broth and keeping the stew at a gentle simmer helps it stay smooth.

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cauliflower, carrot, mustard, potato, spinach, onion, garlic):

  1. Broccolifits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Turnipfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against cauliflower, carrot, mustard, potato, spinach, onion, garlic. 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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