by LadyTong | Dec 26, 2010 | Fall Soups, Soups for Children, Winter Soups |
Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup
Soup Name:
Luo Han Guo in Watercress Soup
Traditional Chinese Name:
羅漢果西洋菜湯 (luó hàn guǒ xī yáng cài tāng)
Nature: Cooling
Taste: Sweet and savory
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This soup is excellent for assisting in coughs and removing phelgm. It also aids in providing moisture (with the chestnuts) to the body and lungs for those dry autumn and winter months. It is considered a pretty sweet soup and ideal for all ages.
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 2 hours
Total time: 2 hours and 20 mins
Serves: 10 bowls
- Pre-marinate the pork overnight with the salt (although this step is not necessary)
- Boil your soup water
- Blanch pork shank in a separate pot of boiling water for 7-10 minutes until you see some brown foam come to the top. This step will also rinse the salt from the pork bones.
- In another separate pot, boil chestnuts for 2-3 minutes. Remove from water and peel while still hot (removing the outer and inner skin). You can also use prepackaged deshelled chestnuts, but I find they aren’t as sweet or tasty!
- Start with a quarter of the dried luo han guo and rinse in warm water. I will smash the whole dried fruit with the flat side of a butcher’s knife and use only the outer shell and not the insides.
- Wash and soak apricot kernals and tangerine peel in warm water
- When the water boils, add all the ingredients together except the watercress (this should be added last because it will stay relatively crunchy before consumption)
- Boil on high for thirty minutes and reduce to a simmer for another 1.5 hours (or use a thermal pot)
- When almost ready to drink, re-boil and add in watercress. Boil on high for 10 minutes (or until desired softness of watercress)
- Serve and enjoy!
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by LadyTong | Jan 11, 2010 | Fall Soups, Soups for Children |
Soup Name: Snow Pear with Pork Lung Soup
Traditional Chinese Name: 雪梨豬肺湯 (xuě lí zhū fèi tāng)
Introduction:
This soup is ideal in dispelling heatiness from the body and nourishing the lungs. It is particularly good for the dry autumn season as it brings moisture back to the body and aids in cough and sore throat.
What Ingredients are required?
1 set of pork lung
30 g of cogon grass (mao gen)
4 honey dates
4 slices of fresh ginger
2-3 fresh snow pears
1 tablespoon of apricot kernals
1 piece of dried tangerine peel
2-3 L of water
How do I prepare it?
Begin boiling your soup water
Boil a separate pot to blanch cogon grass
Soak in warm water the apricot kernals, dried dates and cleaned tangerine peel
Wash and cut snow pears
Blanch cogon grass in boiling water
When soup water boils, add all ingredients together (including prepared pork lungs)
Reduce to low heat and simmer for 3 hours.
Serve and enjoy!
Any benefits?
Ideal soup for nourishing body and lungs
Bring moisture back to body
Helps reduce heatiness in body
Aids in cough and sore throat
Any precautions?