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Cauliflower, Egg & Potato Curry

Even a cauliflower-hater will love the warm coconut and flavours of this vegetarian curry dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 12 ingredients
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Cauliflower, Egg & Potato Curry

Why it works: Ginger and cumin match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,733 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Cauliflower, Egg & Potato Curry

Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

761Calories
19 gProtein
48 gFat
71 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 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
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Almond1 almond (1.2g)7
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Seednot 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. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

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

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Onion + cumintop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,498 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Potato + cumintop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together972 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

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

Swap the cauliflower

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, ginger, potato, cumin, coconut, milk, egg):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Carrotfits better
  3. Chivefits better
  4. Cauliflowerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, ginger, potato, cumin, coconut, milk, egg. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.