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Potato Soup

A spiced soup of mashed potato, tofu and spinach, flavoured with ginger, garlic, onion and Indian spices.

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Potato Soup

Why it works: Ginger and turmeric match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,776 recipes. Both carry eucalyptol, which smells eucalyptus, herbal. The science ↓

Potato Soup

Time5 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the base

  1. Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat.

  2. Add ginger, garlic and onion and stir-fry over medium to medium-high heat for 1/2 to 1 minute.

  3. Add turmeric, chili powder and masala. Stir-fry 1/2 minute longer.

  4. Add potato and mix. Cook and stir 3 minutes.

Make the soup

  1. Add water 1 cup at a time, stirring constantly with wire whisk to prevent lumps from forming. Stir until mixture is smooth.

  2. Add tofu and spinach. Mix well and bring to boil.

  3. Add vinegar, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Simmer 5 minutes.

  4. If soup is too thick, add water.

  5. Add green onions and cilantro and mix well.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

476Calories
18 gProtein
18 gFat
67 gCarbs

Counts 15 of 16 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 15 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Mashed Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Tofu100g firm76
Red Onion1 medium (110g)44
Green Onion1 medium (110g)44
Turmeric1 tsp ground (3g)9
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Spinach1 cup raw (30g)7
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Vinegar1 tbsp (15ml) distilled3
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
Cilantro1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)1
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
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.

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Explore the science

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. Ginger + turmerictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,776 recipes

    Shared aroma: eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal).

  2. Garlic + oniontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,435 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  4. Onion + potatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together9,023 recipes

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

  5. Turmeric + spinachtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together294 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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

What each ingredient does

Butter
Adds fat that carries the spices and gives the soup a rich flavour.
Mashed potato
Thickens the soup and gives it a creamy, body-rich texture.
Red onion
Builds a sweet, savoury base as it softens in the fat.
Tofu
Adds soft protein-rich pieces that take on the flavour of the broth.
Spinach
Wilts into the soup, adding leafy texture and mild earthiness.

The step that matters

Adding the water gradually. Adding water a cup at a time while whisking breaks up the starchy potato and prevents lumps from forming as it hydrates. Pouring it in all at once can trap dry clumps that are hard to smooth out.

Swap the ginger

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (butter, garlic, onion, turmeric, potato, tofu, spinach):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Parsleyfits about as well
  3. Capersfits about as well
  4. Gingerthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against butter, garlic, onion, turmeric, potato, tofu, spinach. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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