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Thai Red Curry

A spicy little curry that's ready in only 20 minutes - there's enough for four, but you can easily double the quantities

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Thai Red 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 ↓

Thai Red Curry

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1601Calories
135 gProtein
103 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 17 of 20 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 17 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Beef100g cooked250
Pork100g cooked242
Salmon100g cooked208
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Shrimp100g cooked99
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Walnut1 walnut half (4g)26
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Sunflower Oilnot in our table0
Meatnot in our table0
Coriandernot 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. Sunflower + walnuttop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together129 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Shallot + garlictop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,000 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Coconut + walnuttop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together606 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine (cocoa, roasted).

  5. Shallot + clovetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,677 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

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

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sunflower, coconut, milk, chicken, shallot, garlic, walnut):

  1. Turmericfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sunflower, coconut, milk, chicken, shallot, garlic, walnut. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.