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15-minute Thai Pumpkin Soup

A creamy coconut pumpkin soup with Thai-inspired flavours.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Fish sauce and sriracha share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and 50 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 4
Prep5 min
Cook15 min

Ingredients

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

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Heat the canola oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the Thai red curry paste and stir for 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant.

  2. Pour in the pumpkin puree and vegetable stock, then whisk until smooth and no lumps of paste remain.

  3. Bring the soup to a gentle simmer over medium heat and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally so it does not stick.

  4. Stir in the low sodium soy sauce. If using, add the fish sauce (optional; omit for a vegetarian version).

  5. Add sriracha to taste, stir well, and simmer for 2 more minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning before serving hot.

By tastykitchen. 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. Fish sauce + srirachatop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together50 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Canola oil + pumpkintop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together115 recipes

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

  3. Canola oil + fish saucetop 9% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together78 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Canola oil + srirachatop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together34 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-hexenal (green, leafy).

  5. Sauce + srirachatop 12% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together280 recipes

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

Flavor stand-ins for the sriracha

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (canola oil, pumpkin, sauce, fish sauce):

  1. Gingerbetter flavor fit
  2. Corianderabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Garlicabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Srirachathe original

Fit is the average pairing score against canola oil, pumpkin, sauce, fish sauce. 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).