Why it works: Fish and rice work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 270 recipes. Both carry 2-nonenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓
Curried Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Cut the fish into pieces.
In a pot, add water and bring to a boil.
Add the fish, curry powder, and salt to the boiling water.
Cook until the fish is tender.
Serve with cooked rice.
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 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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Fish + ricetop 13% of all pairsSmell alikemoderateCooked together270 recipes
Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).
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