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Coronation Chicken Naans with Indian Slaw

Top Indian bread with shredded meat, fruity mild curry sauce and a carrot and cabbage slaw

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Why it works: Coriander and naan work together. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and 77 recipes mention both. Both carry acetic acid, which smells sour, vinegar. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients

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

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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. Coriander + naantop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together77 recipes

    Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

  2. Coriander + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together6,477 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + carrottop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,296 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).

  4. Chicken + garlictop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,839 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  5. Coriander + mangotop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together420 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-vinylphenol (clove, smoky).

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

Flavor stand-ins for the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, coriander, garlic, naan, bread, yogurt, carrot):

  1. Limeabout as good a flavor fit
  2. Coconutabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Mangothe original
  4. Lemonabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, coriander, garlic, naan, bread, yogurt, carrot. 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).