Winter Melon Soup 冬瓜汤
Winter melon soup is often served on the table in many Chinese households. This very nutritious and mild sweet soup is very easy to prepare at home without much fuss and perfect for hot weather. You can find many recipes for winter melon soup online. For this recipe, I used pork ribs (you can use fresh chicken carcass) and only added some dried scallop and salt to enhance the flavour. You may choose to add red dates or honey dates for a better flavour.
Winter Melon Soup
This very nutritious and mild sweet winter melon soup is very easy to prepare at home without much fuss and perfect for hot weather
Ingredients
- 500 g pork ribs
- 700 g winter melon - Chinese dong gua
- 3 slices ginger
- 2 pieces dried scallop
- 1600 ml water
- 1 tbsp goji berries
Instructions
- Blanch pork ribs in boiling water for one minute to remove impurities, rinse and drain.
- Chop winter melon to chunk sizes (remove rind and seeds).
- Place pork ribs, ginger slices, dried scallop, winter melon and water into pot. Bring water to boil and simmer at low heat for about an hour till pork is tender and winter melon becomes translucent.
- Lastly add goji berries and some salt to taste, stir well and simmer for another ten minutes. Serve immediately.
Notes
Read more benefit of winter melon from here
Nutrition
Calories: 162kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 9gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 61mgPotassium: 141mgSugar: 1gCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
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冬瓜汤
材料：
- 500克 排骨
- 700克 冬瓜
- 3片 姜片
- 2粒 干贝 （温水浸泡10分钟）
- 1500毫升 水
- 1汤匙 枸杞子
- 做法：
- 排骨放入滚水中汆烫一分钟，捞起冲洗净沥干。
- 冬瓜切块状（去皮去籽）。
- 将排骨（或鸡骨也可以），冬瓜，姜片，干贝和水放入锅中煮沸，然后改用小火焖煮约一个小时至排骨变软及冬瓜透明。（可加入红枣或密枣一起焖煮增加甜味）
- 最后放入枸杞子和适量盐调味，再焖煮十分钟即可享用。
- 冬瓜有利尿消肿、清热解暑的功效
