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Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup with Tofu

Serve this spicy soup with a glass of Riesling - it's the perfect match

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup with Tofu

Why it works: Lime and coriander match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 3,536 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Hot & Sour Vegetable Soup with Tofu

Serves 2

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

421Calories
19 gProtein
6 gFat
83 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Potato1 medium (173g) baked161
Cherry1 cup (138g)87
Tofu100g firm76
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Mushroom1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Limejuice of 1 lime (44ml)11
Lemongrass1 tbsp (6g)5
Coriandernot 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.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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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. Lime + coriandertop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together3,536 recipes

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

  2. Sweet potato + limetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together177 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

  3. Sweet potato + shallottop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  4. Shallot + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,982 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-decadienal (seaweed).

  5. Sweet potato + coriandertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together304 recipes

    Shared aroma: decanal (soap, orange peel).

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

Swap the cherry tomato

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sweet potato, shallot, mushroom, tofu, lime, coriander):

  1. Avocadofits better
  2. Coconutfits better
  3. Lemonfits better
  4. Cherry tomatothe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sweet potato, shallot, mushroom, tofu, lime, coriander. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.