My family has been asking
for this soup for some time and I could not find it because it is not always
available. The other day when I saw it in the market I was so happy I bought
half the melon to cook the soup. It was when I reached home that I remembered the
rest of the family are away on holiday and I had to drink this soup all by
myself. Anyway, I finished it in 2 days because the melon is so yummy. Actually the soup tasted much better the next day.
Shark Fin Melon is a fruit often used as a vegetable. When cooked in soup, the flesh turns into fine strands which resemble shark-fin! This is how it got its name. The skin looks like watermelon and the flesh is white, firm and translucent. It is low in calories and helps reduce body heatiness and lowers blood sugar. It is safer to buy ½ the melon because it is quite big in size.
Ingredients
½ shark fin melon
1 chicken carcass
Remember to blanch the chicken
Remove the skin
Remove the seeds and cut into big wedges
Wash the dates, kei chi and yuk chuk
Put all the ingredients
into the pot
Today I am using the
thermal cooker as I am going out later
Add salt and pepper. Cover
and bring to boiling point
Transfer the inner pot
into the outer container
That’s it the soup will be
ready in 4-5 hours
The soup is ready
This what the melon strands look like
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