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Try this nourishing soup which is quick to prepare. It is good to have soup for every meal in a Chinese family. You can boil fast soup of your choice. Some soups take longer to boil. Here is one you can prepare in a short while using cod or sole or any other fish fillet of your choice which you can find in wet markets and shopping malls.

Ingredients:

300 gm fish fillet, cut into cubes
2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 big onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped into cubes
1 leek, cut into half inch
2 tomatoes, cut into wedges
2 potatoes, cut into cubes
1 tablespoon parsley
2 tablespoon white wine (optional)
1/4 cup yogurt (optional)
salt and pepper to taste

Method

Heat oil in the pot. Fry garlic and onion for a second and add in carrots, potatoes,leeks and tomatoes. Put in 1 litre of water. Cover lid and bring to boil until potatoes and carrot are soft. Add in fish cubes and simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add wine and yogurt and reheat without boiling. Serve hot in individual soup bowls. Garnish with parsley.

A pumpkin is very rich in beta-carotene, as study says may reduce the risk of developing certain types of cancer and offers protection against heart disease. It is suitable to all people, young and old. Here I have prepared the pumpkin soup for the kids.

Ingredients:

500 gm pumpkin, peeled, remove seeds, cut into cubes
1 stalk leek sliced thinly, only the white part
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 liter water
2 tablespoon mushroom stock granules
salt and pepper to taste
1 tablespoon finely slice parsley and spring onion

Method:

Steam pumpkin in a steamer until soft. Mash pumpkin finely. In a pot, fry garlic and leek until fragrant. Add water and bring to boil. Put in the mashed pumkin and stir to mix. Add mushroom stock granules, salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley and spring onion. Serve immediately.

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Would you like to try this Noni fruit enzyme? This fruit can get in the market in Malay stalls. I use to get my fruit from my daughter’s house just living nearby. Everyday I see this fruit wasting away dropping down, so I pluck them to prepare enzyme. This enzyme is good for arthritis and joint pain as the old folk says. You can drink 2 tablespoon daily to look after your health.

Ingredients:

8 to 10 Noni fruits,depending on its size
2 big yellow lemons
1 packet ‘pean tong’(brown bar sugar)
Oligo 4 tablespoon
1 big size Horlick bottle

Method:

First you have to clean your bottle and dry it in the sun. All the fruits have to be washed clean and dry. On a clean chopping board, cut the noni fruit in slices and fill the bottle about 1/3. Then add the lemon slices and follow by 2 bars of brown sugar which you have to break up to smaller pieces. Add 2 tablespoon Oligo. Repeat as follows. Cover cap tightly and leave it in a cool dry place for two and the half weeks. Shake lightly everyday to cover the sugar with the liquid.

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