Name: Kaurma
Ingredients: 1 kg lamb.; 50 g fat.; 100 g tomatoes.; 10 g flour.; 15 g vinegar.; 1 ea garlic clove.; spices.; 400 g onion.; salt.

Why it works: Garlic and onion 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 ↓

Kaurma

Time7 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the stew

Slice lamb into slices.
Sauté the lamb.
Add finely chopped onion.
Add broth.
Stir and cover.
Shortly before finishing, add tomatoes, pepper, flour, vinegar, chopped greens, and salt.
Boil for 7 minutes.

Rest and serve

Take off from heat, cover, and leave for 30 minutes.
Serve with greens.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

829Calories

41 gProtein

23 gFat

112 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 8 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Clove	1 tsp ground (2g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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.

Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + garlictop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together14,076 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together20,633 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Lamb + garlictop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together1,376 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).
Garlic + clovetop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together11,368 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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

What each ingredient does

Lamb: Provides the main protein and meaty body of the stew.
Onion: Softens and sweetens as it cooks, adding depth to the broth.
Tomatoes: Add acidity and moisture that brighten the stew.
Flour: Thickens the cooking liquid so it clings to the meat.
Vinegar: Adds sharp acidity that balances the rich lamb and fat.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, tomato, flour, vinegar, garlic, onion):

Cuminfits better
Corianderfits better
Capersfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, tomato, flour, vinegar, garlic, onion. 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.