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Eight-treasure clear-moistening soup
清潤八寶素湯
“The pot she makes when someone needs looking after.”
Ingredientsone pot, serves 4
Lotus root300 g
Euryale seed / foxnut20 g (half a tael)
Lotus seed20 g (half a tael)
Dried lily bulb20 g (half a tael)
Method
- Rinse the 芡實 euryale seeds, lotus seeds, lily bulb and job's tears and soak them for half an hour.
- Peel the lotus root and carrot and cut them into pieces.
- Blanch the pork ribs (汆水, a quick boil to draw out blood and scum), or leave the ribs out for a vegetarian version.
- Bring 2.5 litres of water to the boil and add everything, figs included.
- Boil hard for 10 minutes, turn down to low and simmer for 2 hours, then salt it and it is ready.
Simmered all day, with plenty in the pot.今日呢煲 · Today’s pot
Who it suits
- feeling heaty and restless
- constipation
Who should take care
- Pregnant women should leave out the 薏米 job's tears
From the same family
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.