We are a family who must have
soup at almost every meal especially when eating Chinese food so I have to
constantly think of different types of soup to cook. Winter melon soup is
another one of the slow cooked soup that we love.
Winter melon (冬瓜, dong gua) is also known as wax gourd, white gourd and winter gourd. There are
two varieties. One is shaped like a long squash and can grow as large as 80 centimetres
(30 inches) in length with a chalky dark green coloured skin.
The other variety is round with a waxy skin. The
white flesh is similar to that of the white part of a watermelon. Winter melon is a good source of amino acids, natural sugars, minerals,
organic acids and vitamins. In TCM it is used as a diuretic for treating kidney
weakness and hypertension. It is also effective to treat snakebites, mercury
poisoning and also great for losing weight.
Ingredients
1 section of winter melon
Pork ribs
Remember to blanch the
pork bones to remove the scum
Put the blanched pork into the boiling
water and cook on high for 1 hour
Remove the melon skin and
seeds
Cut the melon into evenly sized pieces
Add the melon, yuk chuk,
dates, kei chi and season with salt and pepper
Cook on low for another 4 hours
Dish up and serve when it
is ready
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