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Vegetarian Soto

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Peppery Turmeric Soup in a bowl being served with rice.
Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich

This turmeric-tinged soup is a meatless version of Indonesian soto ayam, a peppery chicken soup. My mom used to slice potatoes into thin ovals and fry them into kripik (Indonesian for crisps or chips) to put on top. But now she just buys bags of chips off the shelf. The brittle potato chips complement the tender potatoes, slippery cellophane noodles, firm bean sprouts, and soft egg in the bowl. 

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