Winter Melon and Yam Soup

Name: Winter Melon and Yam Soup
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Soups
Ingredients: 1500g Winter melon; 200g Carrot; 300g Chinese yam; 20g Coix seed; 500g Pork bone; 3 grain candied jujube; to taste Salt

A light Cantonese soup simmering pork bones with barley, carrot, winter melon, and Chinese yam, producing a mild, refreshing broth prized for clearing heat and dampness.

0 minNewEasy Soups Pot-cook Light

Instructions

1
Soak coix seeds for 30 minutes.
2
Peel the carrot and cut it into small pieces.
3
Wash the winter melon and cut it into pieces with the skin on. (Winter melon skin clears heat and dispels dampness.)
4
Blanch the large pork bones and wash off the floating scum.
5
Put the carrots, coix seeds, pork bones, and jujubes into a soup pot and cook for 30 minutes.
6
Add the winter melon and continue to bring to a boil, then turn to low heat and simmer for 1 hour.
7
Peel the yam and cut it into pieces.
8
Add the Chinese yam and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
9
Skim off the oil and season with salt.
10
Clears heat and removes dampness, strengthens the spleen and nourishes the skin.