Scallion Fermented-Bean Tofu Soup (cong chi dou fu tang)

Why people make this soup

When the weather swings cold, the little ones in kindergarten are the first to catch a wind-cold, says Nourilo. He likes parents to keep dispersing foods like ginger, garlic, scallion white and coriander on hand. This scallion-bean-tofu soup is his go-to at the very first chill — it gently disperses wind-cold and opens the nose, helpful for that early stage of headache, stuffy nose, clear runny nose, sneezing and a scratchy, ticklish cough.