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Winter melon soup recipes
Winter melon is reputed to be cooling and good for detoxification. Try starting any weight loss meal plan with some winter melon soups.
It is a fairly big round fruit with dark green skin. The flesh is pale white in colour with seeds in the center. They are usually sliced cross-sectioned for cooking. Seeds should be removed before cooking.
Winter melon soup with barley and goji berries
This soup helps eliminate excess fluid from the body. It is also supposed to help whiten the skin and get rid of acne. Barley helps to soothe the stomach and it is good if you have a easily irritable stomach. Omit the ginger if you really do not like it.
Ingredients
500g winter melon
1/2 cup barley
150g prime pork ribs
1 tbsp chinese wolfberry (goji)
2 slices ginger
1000ml water
Directions
- Wash the barley and soak for about 1 hour
- Wash goji and soak for 20 minutes
- Parboil the pork ribs with the ginger, trim off any excess fats
- Cut and clean the melon
- Bring the 1000ml water to the boil, add the pork ribs, barley and the goji
- Bring the water and ingredients back to the boil, then lower to a simmer
- Simmer for 1 hour
- Turn off heat and cover pot and let soup stand for 10 minutes
- Serve
Winter melon soup with shrimp
This soup is simple and relatively quick to prepare. For days when there's simply not enough time to simmer for over an hour.
Dried shrimps is a common chinese soup base ingredient. Instead of using bouillon cubes, you can try these to flavour your soups. They are basically very small shrimps, shelled and dried thoroughly.
Ingredients
600g winter melon
60g dried small shrimps (xia mi)
800ml water
salt to taste
Directions
- Peel the melon. Remove seeds and cut into bite-sized cubes
- Clean and wash the dried shrimps, soak in hot water for 20 mins
- Bring the water to a boil, and add the dried shrimps and the water used to soak the shrimps
- Let the shrimps boil for about 5 minutes
- Add the melon and cook on medium high heat for 10 minutes
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