Pork Bone Soup with Chayote, Carrot and Corn 合掌瓜蘿蔔粟米豬骨湯

It's the season of the year, many people seem to either get a cold or a bad cough. A pot of vegetables and pork soup certainly helps relief the dryness of our throats and even skins.

The almond seeds and apricot seeds have great benefit to our body.  They can be easily found in Chinese stores.  These two seeds share a nearly identical apparence, though their flavours are different.  Keep in mind that apricot seeds contains trace of cyanid, we should be caution on the amount of the use.

INGREDIENTS:

8 Pork Bones, rinsed

3 Chayotes, cut into big pieces

2 Carrot, chunked

3 Corn, cut into segment

3 tablespoons Almond Seeds

2 tablespoons Apricot Seeds

2 Chinese Honey Dates

Salt to taste

DIRECTION:

1. In a soup pot, place the pork bone on the bottom.  Then add the rest of the ingredients on top.  Fill the pot with water until the water is enough to cover the ingredients.  Bring the pot to a boil over high heat. Skim off the foam on top. 

2. Reduce the heat to medium heat and boil for another 1 hour.  Season the soup with salt to taste.

Snow Fungus and Papaya Soup ｜雪耳木瓜素湯

INGREDIENTS:

1 Papaya

1/2 cup Peanut, raw

2 Snow Fungus, dried

1/2 cup Hyacinth Beans, dried

3 pcs Chinese Honey Dates

7 cups Water

Salt to taste

材料：

1 個  木瓜

1/2 杯  生花生

2 個  雪耳，乾

1/2 杯  扁豆，烤

3 粒  蜜棗

7 杯  水

鹽  調味

DIRECTIONS:

1. Halve the papaya; scoop out the seeds with a spoon.  Cut out the peel and cut the papaya into chunks.

2. Rehydrate the snow fungus in water.  Cut off the hard yellow stems.  Divide the fungus into smaller portions.

3. In a large pot, add peanuts, hyacinth beans, honey dates, and water.  Bring it to a boil over high heat.  Then, reduced the heat to medium-high and boil it for 40 minutes.  Add more water if needed.

4. Add papaya and snow fungus.  Continuously boil for another 30 minutes.  Turn off the heat.  Season the soup with salt before serve.