Bitter gourd Soup (苦瓜汤)

Ingredients:

750 g Chicken Bones

500 g bitter gourd

10 Beef Balls

A handful dried scallops

6 cups water

1 egg, beaten 

Salt

Method

1. Cut bitter gourd into half lengthwise. Remove/ scoop out all the seeds and white spongy stuff. Cut into thin slices.

2. Place all ingredients (less beef balls) in a pot. Simmer it for at least 2 hrs.

3. Season with salt to taste.

4. Add in beef balls and cook till done.

5. Slowly pour in the egg and stir the soup at same time.

6. Enjoy! 

猪尾花生莲藕汤 Lotus Root Soup, with pig's tail and peanut

Ingredients

1 pig's tail, cut into pieces 

200g peanuts, soaked for 2 hours

500g lotus root, cut into think slices

2000ml boiling water

Handful of dried scallops

Method

1. Blanch pig's tail in boiling water for a short while. Remove and clean. 

2. Place all ingredients into a soup pot.

3. Simmer for 3 hours. 

4. Enjoy!

Old Cucumber Soup (老黄瓜汤)

Ingredients

1 Chicken bone (Keep the Meat for stir fry or Stew)

1 large Old Cucumber, sliced into chunks and de-seed

Handful of dried scallops

2 Litres Water
1 Carrot, chop to thick chunks

Method

1. Scald the chicken bone in hot water for about 10 seconds

2. In a stock pot, pour in the water, Chicken bone and scallops, bring to a boil

3. Add in the Old Cucumber and lower the flame

4. On low flame for 2 hours, covered to retain moisture

5. Enjoy

Bittergourd, Pork Liver and Minced Pork Soup (苦瓜, 猪肝, 肉碎 汤)

Ingredient

1 Chicken bone (Keep the Meat for stir fry or Stew)
200g Pork Liver
200g Minced Pork

1 large bittergourd, sliced thinly

Handful of dried scallops

2 Litres Water
1 Egg

Method

1. Scald the chicken bone in hot water for about 10 seconds

2. In a stock pot, pour in the water, Chicken bone and scallops, bring to a boil

3. Add in the bittergourd and lower the flame

4. On low flame for 2 hours, covered to retain moisture

5. 10 mins before serving, add in the liver, minced meat to soup
6. Just before serving, beat an egg, and slowly pour into the soup, slowly stirring the soup to create egg flower

7. Enjoy