Nourishing Soup
posted in Soup |This is a fast and simple nourishing soup for a small family of five. Dried sugar cane is
used with ‘ mau kan’, a cooling herb. Fresh corns or maize, carrots are added too. So this
soup helps in the balance of yin and yang in our body.
Ingredients:
100 gm dried sugar cane
50 gm ‘mau kan’
300 gm peeled water chest nut,
2 fresh maize, cut into halves
1 carrot, cut into wedges
2 pieces chicken carcass. cleaned and chopped into pieces
1 piece dried squid, grilled and washed
3 liters water
Method:
Boil some water in a sauce pan. Blanch the chicken bones in boiling water and drain. In
another pot, put in 3 liters water. Bring to boil and add in the bones and the dried squid.
Cover and boil for 10 minutes. Then add in the rest of the ingredients. Cover and continue to boil
on high heat. When the conbined ingredients are boiling , simmer in low heat
for 2 hours.Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve on individual bowls while is hot.
