Name: Thai Green Curry of Prawn and Fish
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 6-8
Ingredients: 3 garlic; 3 small red chillies; 3 large green chillies, seeds; 2 tbsp chopped galangal; 3 coriander; 2 tbsp grated lime zest; 1 stalk lemongrass; 8 eschalots; 12 chilli; ½ tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp white pepper; 1 tsp ready-made shrimp paste, roasted in foil until dried; 100ml/3½fl oz peanut oil or vegetable oil; 250ml/9fl oz coconut cream; 4 lime leaves; 250ml/9fl oz coconut milk; 2 tbsp palm sugar; 6 tbsp fish sauce; 6 baby aubergines; 170g/6oz bamboo shoots; 4 green beans; 4 yard-long beans; 2 celery; 2 taro; 12 Thai basil; 310g/11oz white flesh fish, such as cod or monkfish; 12 king prawns; 4 tbsp crushed peanuts; 16 sprigs fresh coriander

Why it works: Coriander and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

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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.

Coriander + limetop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,536 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Coriander + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,866 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,216 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Garlic + cumintop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together5,082 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together934 recipes

Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

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How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, coriander, lime, cumin, shrimp, peanut oil, coconut):

Turmericfits better
Gingerfits better
Oreganofits better
White pepperthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, coriander, lime, cumin, shrimp, peanut oil, coconut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Coconut	1/2 cup shredded (40g)	283
Salmon	100g cooked	208
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Peanut	1 oz (28g)	161
Peanut Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Lime	juice of 1 lime (44ml)	11
Soy Sauce	1 tbsp (15ml)	9
Cumin	1 tsp ground (2.1g)	8
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Lemongrass	1 tbsp (6g)	5
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Basil	5 leaves fresh (2.5g)	1
Seed	not in our table	0
Galangal	not in our table	0
Coriander	not in our table	0
Bamboo Shoots	not in our table	0
Bean	not in our table	0
Taro	not in our table	0
Monkfish	not in our table	0

Thai Green Curry of Prawn and Fish