Soup, glorious soup...

[micollh]

thanks mummy !! i seldom add dried longan too, as my mum also said drink too often will be heaty. once awhile is ok, for the sweetness. can use honey dates instead.


Aks u all, if u boil green bean soup, what type of sugar u use? my mum said use the honey rock sugar (brown colour, looks like bee hives) is better, it can help to sooth sore throat. Do you use this rock sugar too ?

[micollh]

Augmum, i have never make mutton siup before… no confidence. later got the smell which i cannot take it. mutton always eat with curry/rendang to cover the smell.

[micollh]

Augmum:

micollh,
as for huai shan, i ever tried using the fresh huai shan....
very bland in taste.....we dun like it... :skeptical:

for dried huai shan, i boil it together with dan sheng, bei qi, wolfberries and some red dates.....with chicken
a very tasty chicken herbal soup......

for the chicken soup, u chop up the chicken or whole chicken ? black chicken or normal chicken ?

[micollh]

Augmum:

actually, most families in singapore boil the same few kinda of common soups......
though i try to vary, still not enuff variety.....

yeah lor.. how often can we change.. but i feel if we make a list on first, it's easier to have different soup.. hee.. different soups is better so that the kids can get different nutrients..

[bzmum22]

my contribution…


1) old melon with pork ribs, red dates and wu mei duo
2) fuo shou gua with pork ribs, honey dates, china barley and nan xing bei xing
3) watercress with pork ribs, red dates, nan xing bei xing

[micollh]

bxmum22 thanks for sharing… fuo shou gua can make soup also ? i always stir fry like turnip… hee… thanks… one more thing learnt. by the way, nan xing dun put too much into soup … i read from a mummy’s blog, nan xing contains some "du su" poisonous substance… so dun take too much, one small tea spoon. but i ask the chinese medicine shop, they told me, is ok, unless u take large amount daily then will have side effect. but i still cautious as the soup boiled also drink by kids.

[Augmum]

micollh:

thanks mummy !! i seldom add dried longan too, as my mum also said drink too often will be heaty. once awhile is ok, for the sweetness. can use honey dates instead.

hi micollh
yup, i do use honey dates for soup too....but depends on what type of soup....
for some soup, if added honey dates, would be too sweet in taste....

i like to add honey dates in watercress soup.

[Augmum]

micollh:

Aks u all, if u boil green bean soup, what type of sugar u use? my mum said use the honey rock sugar (brown colour, looks like bee hives) is better, it can help to sooth sore throat. Do you use this rock sugar too ?

i use rock sugar (normal white type) for warm desert.

[Augmum]

micollh:

Augmum, i have never make mutton siup before.. no confidence. later got the smell which i cannot take it. mutton always eat with curry/rendang to cover the smell.

ya, mutton soup do have some \"mutton smell\".......
what i do is to fry the mutton with some slices of ginger then add water to boil soup......
there are few types of mutton herbal soup.....
mine is the \"simplified version\".....(not those sold in hawker centres)
juz mutton with dried longan and wolfberries......u can try it out.....

[Augmum]

micollh:

Augmum:

micollh,
as for huai shan, i ever tried using the fresh huai shan....
very bland in taste.....we dun like it... :skeptical:

for dried huai shan, i boil it together with dan sheng, bei qi, wolfberries and some red dates.....with chicken
a very tasty chicken herbal soup......

for the chicken soup, u chop up the chicken or whole chicken ? black chicken or normal chicken ?

oh.....that depends on my mood......haha
sometimes i chop the chicken into pieces,
sometimes , i juz put half chicken into it.....

i go for the bigger chickens , those weighing at least 1.8 kg to 2 kg

if i can get black chicken, i'll use black chicken for the soup, find it even tastier...
if not, normal big chicken will do too....