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Ashwe Soup

A tomato and ashwe leaf soup with beef, flavored with palm oil and salt.

From the Wikibooks Cookbook · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Onion and beef are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,092 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Ashwe Soup

Time5-6 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Blend pepper, tomatoes and onions together.

  2. Pluck and chop the ashwe leaves.

Cook

  1. Heat a small amount of palm oil in a pot.

  2. Add the blended mixture along with the ashwe leaves and beef.

  3. Add salt to taste and stir slowly.

  4. Cook for 5-6 minutes, then serve.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

435Calories
28 gProtein
29 gFat
15 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Salt1 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.

Recipe from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

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.

  1. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

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

  2. Tomato + beeftop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together5,448 recipes

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

  3. Tomato + oniontop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together20,633 recipes

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

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

What each ingredient does

Tomatoes
Break down into the blended base, adding moisture and body to the soup.
Palm oil
Carries flavour and adds fat to the pot for cooking the soup.
Beef
Adds protein and savoury richness that the soup is built around.
Ashwe leaves
Add their distinctive leafy flavour and texture to the soup.

Swap the tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, beef):

  1. Potatofits better
  2. Chivefits better
  3. Leekfits about as well
  4. Tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, beef. 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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