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Sweet & Hot Prawn & Pineapple Curry

A rich and fragrant prawn curry, ready to eat in just half an hour

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Sweet & Hot Prawn & Pineapple Curry

Why it works: Turmeric and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 584 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Sweet & Hot Prawn & Pineapple Curry

Serves 8 - 10
Prep15 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

677Calories
30 gProtein
41 gFat
56 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Pineapple1 cup chunks (165g)82
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5

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. Turmeric + limetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together584 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Turmeric + coconuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

  3. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Coconut + pineappletop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together651 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).

  5. Pineapple + limetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together469 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the turmeric

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, fish sauce, coconut, milk, pineapple, lime):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Gingerfits better
  3. Cinnamonfits better
  4. Turmericthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, fish sauce, coconut, milk, pineapple, lime. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.