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Yogurt & Almond Chicken Curry

Our ultimate Friday night food - just add naans. Make a double batch of the fragrant curry paste and freeze for next time

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients
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Why it works: Chicken and yogurt are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and 1,660 recipes mention both. Both carry 2-octenal, which smells fatty, green. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 6
Prep15 min
Cook40 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

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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 aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chicken + yogurttop 8% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together1,660 recipes

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

  2. Clove + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together14,027 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl cinnamate (sweet, balsamic).

  3. Cardamom + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,299 recipes

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

  4. Ginger + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  5. Ginger + cardamomtop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,114 recipes

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

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

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (almond, ginger, garlic, cream, clove, cardamom, cinnamon):

  1. Carrotbetter flavor fit
  2. Sweet potatobetter flavor fit
  3. Broccolibetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against almond, ginger, garlic, cream, clove, cardamom, cinnamon. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).