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Vegetarian Green Chilli

A vegetarian soup made with onion, garlic, olive oil, vegetable stock, green chilis, flour, salt, and pepper.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and 29,030 recipes mention both. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

The recipe

Time45 minutes

Ingredients

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

Directions

Prepare

  1. Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil.

  2. Add chilis and stock.

  3. Stir in salt and pepper.

Thicken and simmer

  1. Dissolve flour in hot water and add to mixture, stirring to prevent lumps.

  2. Simmer for 45 minutes.

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Explore the science

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. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together29,030 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + olivetop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together23,449 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  3. Garlic + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together27,044 recipes

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

  4. Onion + olivetop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together26,431 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl butyrate (apple, fruity).

  5. Olive + peppertop 6% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together27,398 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-heptenal (green).

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

What each ingredient does

Green chilis
Provide the main flavor and body of the chili.
Vegetable stock
Supplies the liquid that forms the base of the chili.
Flour or cornstarch
Thickens the liquid as it heats, giving the chili body.
White onion
Adds sweetness and savory depth when sautéed.
Garlic
Adds aroma and savory depth when sautéed.

The step that matters

Adding the flour slurry. Flour dissolved in hot water can clump if added directly, so it should be whisked smooth first and stirred into the simmering mixture. Starch thickens as it heats, so the chili needs continued simmering to reach its final body.

Flavor stand-ins for the onion

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (garlic, olive, flour, pepper):

  1. Tomatobetter flavor fit
  2. Eggplantbetter flavor fit
  3. Capsicumbetter flavor fit
  4. Onionthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against garlic, olive, flour, pepper. 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).

“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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