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Curried Pasta Salad

Take the blueprint of Coronation chicken, omit the meat and add pasta and you have a fresh fusion side dish

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 10 ingredients
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Curried Pasta Salad

Why it works: Lemon and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,498 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Curried Pasta Salad

Serves 6
Prep10 min
Cook12 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

311Calories
26 gProtein
7 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 7 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Mango1 cup diced (165g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
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. Lemon + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,498 recipes

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

  2. Lemon + celerytop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,467 recipes

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

  3. Coriander + cucumbertop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together875 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  4. Mango + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together420 recipes

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

  5. Coriander + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together569 recipes

    Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).

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

Swap the mango

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (yogurt, lemon, coriander, cucumber, celery):

  1. Limefits better
  2. Avocadofits better
  3. Mangothe original
  4. Cherryfits about as well

Fit is the average pairing score against yogurt, lemon, coriander, cucumber, celery. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.