Why it works: Oyster and tomato work together. They rank in the top 20% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 534 recipes. Both carry 1-octen-3-one, which smells mushroom, metallic. The science ↓
Oyster Curry
Ingredients
Directions
If using fresh oysters, remove gills and rinse them. If using canned oysters, drain them.
In a pan, add oysters and curry powder to taste.
Cook the oysters in their own liquor until heated through.
If desired, add chopped tomatoes or any kind of acid for flavor.
Serve hot.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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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.
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Oyster + tomatotop 20% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together534 recipes
Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).
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