thks pink, guess i'll go chk out the taka mooncake fair. wat soup u thinking of making? there r some below. last time i copied from THIS thread one:
CHICKEN, DRIED SCALLOP & PEANUT SOUP
Serving: 2 persons
Ingredients:
500g chicken
2 tbsp kei chi
5 dried scallops
½ cup groundnuts, washed and drained
1 tbsp white peppercorns
1 litre hot water
Seasoning:
½ tbsp salt
Method
Skin and chop chicken into large chunky pieces. Combine all ingredients together and double-boil for 1½–2 hours. Just before serving, add seasoning to taste.
note: Chicken can be replaced with lean pork or pig’s stomach
LOTUS ROOT SOUP (lian ou)
U need:
pork ribs
lotus roots peeled & thinly sliced
dried red dates (to make the soup sweeter)
Method:
1. Scald the pork ribs with boiling water to get rid of excess scum. (In fact, all pork ribs must be scalded with boiling water b4 cooking in soup)
2. Put the pork ribs, red dates & lotus roots in a pot of water.
3. Put on low fire & boil for about 3-4 hrs. Season with salt & a little light soy sauce to taste.
when i cook lotus roots soup,i will always add red dates and wolfberry as well...I will boil the pork ribs,big bones,red dates and wolfberry to boil for ard 2 hours first...Utill u can smell the aroma,then add in the lotus roots and boil for another 1/2 hours and turn off the fire...
WINTER MELON SOUP
1 cup winter melon (1/2 pound)
Water to boil winter melon
2 cups chicken broth
4 Chinese dried black mushrooms
2 - 3 slices ginger
1/4 cup cooked ham, diced
Salt and pepper to taste
1 green onion, green part only, washed and cut on the diagonal into 1-inch pieces
PREPARATION:
Wash the winter melon, remove the green skin, seeds, and the pulp. Cut into 2-inch pieces.
Place the winter melon in a pot of water, bring to a boil, and simmer for approximately 20 minutes or until the winter melon is tender.
Add the chicken broth, mushrooms, ginger and cooked ham.Add seasonings as desired. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Add green onion for garnish. Serve hot.
CORN SOUP W SPARE RIBS
1-2 corn (cut into smaller pcs)
5-6 pcs of spareribs (soup bones)
1-2 carrots (cut into smaller pcs)
Put everything into pot and boil. For normal cooking pot, boil for 1-2hrs. If you are using pressure cooker, probably 1/2hr will do.
TOUFU & MINCED PORK SOUP
Ingredients
- 3-4 bowls of soup stock (if you haven't got homemake stock, can use canned stock or stock cubes. mix with water if canned stock is too salty)
- 1-2 slabs of toufu (cut into cubes. not too small in case it disintegrates to even smaller bits)
- 300-400g minced pork (add some soy sauce/pepper/wine to season)
- 2-3stalks of spring onion (chopped)
- 2-3stalks of chinese parsley (chopped)
- some dried scallops if available (washed and soaked) or carrots
- salt(according to taste)
*can vary all quantity of ingredients according to personal taste and serving size
Method
- boil soup stock & dried scallops (or carrots)
- spoon minced pork into little balls and drop into boiling soup (don't overcook)
- add toufu (don't stir too hard 'cos tofu might disintegrate)
- when almost cooked, add chopped spring onions & parsley and boil for very short while
- taste and add salt/sesame oil/fried shallots if necessary and we're done!