Name: I Know It's Not Egg Tofu Scramble
Ingredients: 1 pound firm tofu, mashed; 1/4 tsp tumeric; 1 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cup chopped mixed veggies; (I've had success with garlic, mushrooms, spinach and carrots

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

I Know It's Not Egg Tofu Scramble

Time5 to 8 minutes

Ingredients

1 pound firm tofu, mashed
1/4 tsp tumeric
1 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup chopped mixed veggies
(I've had success with garlic, mushrooms, spinach and carrots

Directions

Place tofu in a lightly oiled pan.
Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir.
Cook for 5 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked and the tofu is heated through.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

171Calories

13 gProtein

5 gFat

22 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 7 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Tofu	100g firm	76
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Mushroom	1/2 cup sliced (35g)	15
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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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.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Garlic + spinachtop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together2,435 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Spinach + carrottop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together870 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine (green bell pepper, earthy).
Mushroom + spinachtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together778 recipes

Shared aroma: trans-2-decenal (waxy, orange).
Tofu + spinachtop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together118 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Firm tofu: Provides the main body and protein of the scramble, crumbling into an egg-like texture when mashed.
Mixed vegetables: Add moisture, sweetness and bulk as they cook down in the pan.
Turmeric (in the method): Gives the tofu a yellow, egg-like colour.

Swap the carrot

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

Chivefits better
Broccolifits better
Shallotfits better
Carrotthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against tofu, onion, garlic, mushroom, 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.