Sword Flower Coix Rice Pork Bone Soup
Bawang Flower, also known as Sword Flower, has the functions of clearing heat and moistening lungs, removing phlegm and relieving cough, nourishing and beautifying skin. It is a clearing soup commonly used in Guangdong Laohuo Tang. Winter melon has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, stimulating water and eliminating phlegm, eliminating boredom and quenching thirst, and dispelling dampness and relieving summer heat; the two are combined with coix seed, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, and are very suitable for drinking in foggy and humid spring. This soup is sweet and smooth, coupled with its effect of clearing heat and removing dampness, making it one of the more common Laohuo soups in spring and summer in Guangdong.
Recipe Recommendations
- pork bone 350 grams
- glutinous rice 50 grams
- winter melon 400 grams
- candied dates 1
- tangerine peel 1 tablet
Steps for Sword Flower Coix Rice Pork Bone Soup
1
Wash the wax gourd and cut it into large pieces.
2
Soak tangerine peel and coix seed together for half an hour, then scrape off the white inner membrane of tangerine peel. Wash the sword flowers for later use.
3
Put all the ingredients except the pork bones into the soup pot and add water to boil.
4
Put the pork bones into the pan and blanch the blood.
5
Put into a boiling medium, bring to the boil over high heat for 10 minutes, then turn to low heat and cook for 1-1.5 hours.
6
Season with salt before turning off heat and serve.Sword Flower Coix Rice Pork Bone Soup Make Tips
1) Cooking wax gourd with skin has the effect of dispelling heat. 2) Coix seed is difficult to ripen and must be soaked for more than 30 minutes in advance. 3) The inner membrane of tangerine peel should be scraped off to reduce the bitterness. 4) Blanch the pork bones in advance to make the soup clearer. 5) Add enough water at one time to make soup, and do not add cold water halfway.