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Red Thai Meatball Curry

A colourful, zingy curry that the whole family will enjoy

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Red Thai Meatball Curry

Why it works: Sunflower and coconut match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 194 recipes. Both carry beta-pinene, which smells pine, resin. The science ↓

Red Thai Meatball Curry

Serves 4
Prep20 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1146Calories
46 gProtein
76 gFat
72 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Beef100g cooked250
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Sunflower1 oz (28g) hulled165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Sunflower + coconuttop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together194 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-pinene (pine, resin).

  2. Coconut + bamboo shootstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together25 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  3. Ginger + bamboo shootstop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together80 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

  4. Ginger + coconuttop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,168 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  5. Ginger + sunflowertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together337 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (beef, ginger, egg, sunflower, coconut, milk, bamboo shoots):

  1. Welsh onionfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against beef, ginger, egg, sunflower, coconut, milk, bamboo shoots. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.