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Speedy Authentic Thai Curry.

Give Up The Take Away and Make Your Own Delicious Authentic Thai Curry. It 's So Easy, Ready in 10 Minutes.

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Bamboo shoots and coconut share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 4% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 25 recipes. Both carry nonanal, which smells fat, citrus. The science ↓

Speedy Authentic Thai Curry.

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

893Calories
62 gProtein
58 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 11 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Beannot in our table0
Bamboo Shootsnot 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 bbcgoodfood. 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. Bamboo shoots + coconuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  2. Carrot + basiltop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,113 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  3. Basil + coconuttop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together212 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Carrot + bamboo shootstop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together33 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  5. Carrot + coconuttop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together392 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

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

Swap the carrot

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, bamboo shoots, basil, coconut, fish sauce, sugar):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Welsh onionfits better
  3. Shallotfits about as well
  4. Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, bamboo shoots, basil, coconut, fish sauce, sugar. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.