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Thai Green Curry Recipe

Unlike Massaman curry, green curry is made with fresh chili peppers and herbs instead of being roasted. Herbs give green curry a light and slightly sweeter flavor...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 14 ingredients
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Why it works: Coconut and lime match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 934 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Thai Green Curry Recipe

serves 4-6

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

854Calories
37 gProtein
56 gFat
57 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 12 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Pork100g cooked242
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Pea1/2 cup (72g)62
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Yellow Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Kaffir Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Basil5 leaves fresh (2.5g)1
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. 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. Coconut + limetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together934 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Eggplant + limetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together53 recipes

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

  3. Coconut + eggplanttop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together41 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

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

  5. Coconut + peastop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together148 recipes

    Shared aroma: nonanal (fat, citrus).

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

Swap the thai basil

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (pork, coconut, milk, eggplant, peas, lime, fish sauce):

  1. Corianderfits better
  2. Turmericfits better
  3. Gingerfits better
  4. Thai basilthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against pork, coconut, milk, eggplant, peas, lime, fish sauce. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.