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Veggie Thai Red Curry

This fragrant Thai dish is sure to get your taste buds into action, and is ready in under an hour

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 24 ingredients
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Veggie Thai Red Curry

Why it works: Lime and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,491 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Veggie Thai Red Curry

Serves 4
Prep30 min
Cook20 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

869Calories
22 gProtein
47 gFat
98 gCarbs

Counts 16 of 17 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 16 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tofu100g firm76
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
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. Lime + peppertop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,491 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Lime + coconuttop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Tofu + coconuttop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  4. Tofu + mushroomtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together201 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

  5. Coconut + milktop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,648 recipes

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

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

Swap the lime

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (tofu, sauce, coconut, milk, pepper, mushroom, sugar):

  1. Mangofits about as well
  2. Vanillafits about as well
  3. Limethe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

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