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Coconut Curried Tofu with Green Beans and Coconut Rice

"This is the no-fuss curry recipe for 'quick and easy' cooks out there. The rice is simple yet sweet and flavorful and the tofu with green beans will satisfy even the pickiest eaters."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Coconut Curried Tofu with Green Beans and Coconut Rice

Why it works: Coconut and rice match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 3% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,063 recipes. Both carry decanal, which smells soap, orange peel. The science ↓

Coconut Curried Tofu with Green Beans and Coconut Rice

1 serving
Prep10 min
Cook25 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

707Calories
17 gProtein
44 gFat
65 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
Coconut1/2 cup shredded (40g)283
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tofu100g firm76
Green Beans1 cup (100g)31
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Waternot 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 allrecipes. 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 + ricetop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,063 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  2. Coconut + tofutop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together91 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl caproate (fruity, apple peel).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Milk + ricetop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together7,374 recipes

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

  5. Rice + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together220 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (coconut, milk, rice, butter, tofu):

  1. Sweet potatofits better
  2. Potatofits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against coconut, milk, rice, butter, tofu. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.