黑豆莲藕排骨汤

莲藕能开胃清热，滋补养性。黑豆能养颜美容，增加肠胃蠕动。两者结合在一起是一道营养价值高的食品，老少咸宜。。。Basically this soup is good for relieving constipation and heatiness, therefore it is a nutritious for the old and young :D Both my kids love soup! Soup is a good way of letting them intake more liquid if they did not consume plain liquid on everyday basis. 

Ingredient

• 1 cup black beans, rinsed and presoaked till double in size
• 700gm lotus roots, clean thoroughly and sliced
• 400gm pork ribs,  rinsed and blanched
• 1 honey date
• salt to taste

Method

1. Place all ingredients, except salt, in a pot with 2.5L water. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer for 2 hours.
2. Add salt to taste.

Burdock Soup & Cordyceps Militaris Soup

This is my new improved burdock soup ;D It taste sweeter than what I've done previously. The burdock root has an earthy flavour which some may find it hard to accept. Therefore I've added some honey dates and cordyceps militaris which have sweeter tone, hopefully my kids will enjoy this nutritious soup :D

Ingredient

• 300gm pork ribs
• 1 pc burdock
• 2 potatoes
• 2 medium carrots
• 20gm cordyceps militaris 虫草花
• 1 honey dates
• salt to taste

Method

1. Wash and blanch pork ribs in hot water for 5 mins. Rinse with cold water. Set aside.
2. Scrub burdock cleanly，not a need to remove the skin. Slice thinly.
3. Peel carrots and potatoes, cut in cubes.
4. Place all ingredient in a stock pot. Add about 2 liters of water. Bring to boil. Turn down heat and simmer for 2 hrs. Add salt to taste.