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Malagache Prawn and Chicken Curry

A curry of chicken and prawns simmered in coconut milk with onions, garlic, ginger, tomatoes, and spices.

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Why it works: Thyme and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9,057 recipes. Both carry cuminaldehyde, which smells Spicy, cumin. The science ↓

Malagache Prawn and Chicken Curry

Time15 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the base

  1. Heat the oil in a large saucepan, add the chicken and fry until golden brown on all sides.

  2. Add the onions, garlic and ginger and sauté until softened, stirring from time to time.

  3. Meanwhile, place the turmeric and curry powder in a small bowl with just enough water to make a paste.

  4. Add the curry paste to the chicken and cook for 2-3 minutes, mixing well.

Simmer and finish

  1. Add the salt, thyme, parsley, and tomatoes.

  2. Mix well, cover, and continue cooking for 15 minutes, stirring from time to time.

  3. Add the coconut milk and prawns and cook for about 5 minutes or until the prawns are pink and cooked through.

  4. Add the chopped coriander and lime juice, mix well, and serve immediately.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

763Calories
61 gProtein
45 gFat
33 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Thyme1 tsp dried (1.4g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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. Thyme + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,057 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

  2. Turmeric + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Clove + gingertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,038 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  5. Clove + thymetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,108 recipes

    Shared aroma: cuminaldehyde (Spicy, cumin).

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

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Browned first to build flavour and provide the main protein in the curry.
Onions
Soften and sweeten as they cook, forming the body of the sauce.
Tomatoes
Break down during simmering to add moisture, acidity and body to the sauce.
Coconut milk
Adds fat and richness, mellowing the spices into a creamy sauce.
Prawns
Cook quickly in the sauce, adding sweet seafood flavour and tender texture.
Turmeric and curry powder
Provide the earthy, aromatic spice base and yellow colour of the curry.

The step that matters

Cooking the prawns in the coconut milk. Prawns turn rubbery when overcooked. They need only a few minutes in the simmering sauce until pink and opaque, so timing matters more than the rest of the sauce.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, turmeric, garlic, clove, ginger, thyme, parsley):

  1. Shallotfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Eggplantfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, turmeric, garlic, clove, ginger, thyme, parsley. 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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