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Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup

"This nourishing soup is free of saturated fat and cholesterol-free. Pair it with a salad for a satisfying lunch or light supper."

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Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup

Why it works: Onion and chicken are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 8% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,814 recipes. Both carry gamma-nonanolactone, which smells coconut, sweet. The science ↓

Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup

8 servings
Prep5 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

634Calories
41 gProtein
36 gFat
40 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients. The other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Vegetable1 tbsp (14g)120
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Apple1 medium (182g)95
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soybean Oilnot in our table0
Pumpkinnot in our table0
Seednot 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. Onion + chickentop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,814 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

  2. Onion + tofutop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together729 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  3. Soybean + oniontop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together93 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Onion + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68,474 recipes

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

  5. Tofu + chickentop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together87 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 pumpkin

The recipe marks pumpkin as optional. How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (soybean, onion, tofu, apple, chicken, pepper):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Limefits better
  4. Pumpkinthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against soybean, onion, tofu, apple, chicken, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.