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Veggie Soup

A vegetable soup with onion, carrot, tomato, corn, potato, cabbage, green beans, banana, and peanut butter.

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Why it works: Ginger and cinnamon match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 6,380 recipes. Both carry estragole, which smells anise, licorice. The science ↓

Veggie Soup

Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the soup base

  1. In a soup pot over medium‑high heat, cook onion in 1/2 cup vegetable stock until softened, about 5 minutes.

  2. Stir in spices and cayenne and cook 1 minute.

  3. Add remaining vegetable stock, carrots, tomatoes, corn and potatoes.

  4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.

Finish and serve

  1. In a small bowl whisk together peanut butter and boiling water.

  2. Add to pot along with cabbage and green beans.

  3. Stir well to combine and simmer for 15 minutes.

  4. Serve garnished with banana slices and chopped peanuts.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

705Calories
24 gProtein
18 gFat
128 gCarbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 13 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Peanut1 oz (28g)161
Banana1 medium (118g)105
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Broccoli1 cup chopped (156g)55
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Carrot1 medium (61g)25
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Cumin1 tsp ground (2.1g)8
Chili1 tsp (2.7g)8
Cinnamon1 tsp ground (2.6g)6
Ginger1 tsp grated fresh (2g)2
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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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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 + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together6,380 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

  2. Cumin + cinnamontop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-methoxybenzaldehyde (sweet, anise).

  3. Cumin + carrottop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together777 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl cinnamate (strawberry).

  4. Cumin + tomatotop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,272 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  5. Ginger + cumintop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,733 recipes

    Shared aroma: estragole (anise, licorice).

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

What each ingredient does

Peanut butter
Melts into the broth to give the soup body, richness and a nutty flavour.
Yukon gold potatoes
Break down slightly as they cook, thickening the soup and adding body.
Carrots
Hold their shape during simmering and add sweetness and colour.
Red cabbage
Adds texture and colour, and its mild sweetness balances the spices.
Tomatoes
Add acidity and liquid that brightens the flavour of the broth.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it cooks, forming the flavour base of the soup.

The step that matters

Whisking the peanut butter with boiling water. Peanut butter clumps and can scorch on the pot bottom if added straight in. Whisking it with hot water first makes a smooth, pourable mixture that blends evenly into the broth.

Swap the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ginger, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, carrot, tomato, corn):

  1. Capsicumfits better
  2. Sweet potatofits better
  3. Parsnipfits better
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ginger, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, carrot, tomato, corn. 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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