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Curry

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Curry

Why it works: Turmeric and egg are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 27% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,390 recipes. Both carry 2-methylbutyraldehyde, which smells malty, chocolate. The science ↓

Curry

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Grind the turmeric.

  2. Add the turmeric and eggs to the curry.

  3. Allow it to simmer for a few minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

  1. Turmeric + eggtop 27% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together1,390 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methylbutyraldehyde (malty, chocolate).

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

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