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How to Make Lamb Curry

The big flavours of this lamb curry belie how easy it is to make. Sure to become a firm favourite.

By bbcfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Why it works: Cinnamon and cardamom match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,299 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

How to Make Lamb Curry

Serves 8
Prep1 hr
Cook2 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

930Calories
67 gProtein
53 gFat
49 gCarbs

Counts 11 of 13 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Lamb100g cooked294
Chicken100g cooked165
Chickpea1/2 cup canned (120g) drained134
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Plum1 medium (66g)30
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Cardamom1 tsp ground (2g)6
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Leafnot 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.

By bbcfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Cinnamon + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,299 recipes

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

  2. Sunflower + cardamomtop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together52 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  3. Cinnamon + plumtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together513 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Sunflower + cinnamontop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together239 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  5. Plum + tomatotop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,480 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

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

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (lamb, sunflower, butter, cinnamon, cardamom, plum, tomato):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against lamb, sunflower, butter, cinnamon, cardamom, plum, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.