Thursday, July 23, 2015

Chinese Sweet Corn Pork Rib Soup

Chinese Sweet Corn Pork Rib Soup

Chinese Sweet Corn Pork Rib Soup

Ingredients 
1 Sweet Corn, cleaned and divided into 5 sections
200g Soup Bone
4 Strips "Yuk Chuk"
5 Dried Scallops
6 Red Dates
2 tbsp Goji
4 Rice Bowl of Water

Methods
1. Wash and soak white fungus until soft, drain.
2. Cut pear into chunks.
3. Blanch pork ribs in hot water before put in with other ingredients.
4. Add all ingredients in a pot an d boil for at least 2 hours.

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Seaweed Egg Drop Soup


When you are superb busy and running out of time but do not want to eat out or tapao, this soup is quite handy. All you need is 20-30 minutes. Make Ikan Bilis broth at the minimum of 20 minutes will do but I did cook it for 30 minutes instead to get the flavour of the Ikan Bilis by max haha.

This is a freestyle soup and you may add and minus the ingredients upon your likings.

Happy cooking!!


Ingredients 
2 Cup Seaweed 
1 Cup Ikan Bilis
1 Egg
1 small shallot
3 Rice Bowl of Water

Methods
1.Wash the Ikan Bilis, slice onion and start cooking with water for 30minutes.
2.Remove the Ikan Bilis (out them in a bag for easier removal, I do)
3.Chopped seaweed in to pieces, approximately 4 x 4cm.
4.When you ready to serve the soup, start reboiling the soup, once boiling add in seaweed and beat in egg and meanwhile stir quickly with chopstick to make egg drop.
5.Add salt to taste.    

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Chinese Pear White Fungus (雪耳) Soup

Chinese Pear White Fungus Soup

The weather is hot and damp lately and it's a great idea to refresh and rejuvenate our body with a bowl of soup or herbal tea is good. Today I will cook "Pear White Fungus Soup" for my kiddos. White Fungus always goes well with Pear, and these ingredients are neutral which you may add sugar or salt to your favour. If you prefer salty then you may add in pork ribs as broth and if you prefer sweet soup (tong sui style) you may add in rock sugar and skip the ribs.

Here are some of the benefits of white fungus that you may wanted to know.

What are its health benefits?

  • Snow fungus helps to tonify the spleen and increases appetite, also nourishes yin and lungs, it may help enhance immune system in cancer patients.
  • Snow fungus helps to nourish the body, lungs and stomach, to manage consumptive cough, bloody sputum, helps with physical weakness after recovery from illness, shortness of breath, and fatigue.
Ingredients 
1 Pear 
1 Medium White Fungus (雪耳)
200g Soup Bone
4 Strips "Yuk Chuk"
6 Red Dates
2 tbsp Goji
4 Rice Bowl of Water

Methods
1. Wash and soak white fungus until soft, drain.
2. Cut pear into chunks.
3. Blanch pork ribs in hot water before put in with other ingredients.
4. Add all ingredients in a pot an d boil for at least 2 hours.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Tofu and Pickle Vegetables Soup


At least 2 hours of boiling.

I will try to cook soup as often as possible for my family. My husband favour  this "tofu pickle soup / tau foo ham Choy tong" very much. He loves the combinations of tofu and ham choy, I used to cook with Roasted Pork Rib but today I couldn't get roasted pork rib so Inreplaced with pork bones instead which equally tasty.

I blanch the pork ribs first before putting in all ingredients in the pot. Simple steps but it's result is awesome. 

This soup is good to expel and reduce heatiness from our body like what Chinese believes. 


Ingredients 
1 Packet of Pickle Vegetables (ham Choy)
1 Box White Tofu
350g Soup Bone
1 Big Ripe Tomato 
1 Slice "Kai Choy"
1 Slice Dried Octopus 
6 Rice Bowl of Water

Chinese Apple Soup

My kids can't leave without soup, they has been pampered by my dad which will bring soup over for them weekly. I'm so thankful for what my dad had done for my kids and these has taught my kids the benefits of soups.

Today, I cooked Apple & Pork Ribs Soup. Taste a tingle of sourish and sweet and kids just love it, they even finished the soft cooked apple. 

It's very nutritious as Apple is good source of fibre and it's good for lung and respiratory system. So no harm trying out this recipe ya.

Ingredients 
1 Fuji Apple 
200g Soup Bone
6 Dried Scallops  
4 Strips "Yuk Chuk"
6 Red Dates
2 tbsp Goji
4 Rice Bowl of Water