Pork bone soup with cold melon and soybeans

By ElizaSatterfield

Pork bone soup with cold melon and soybeans
As we all know, Cantonese people not only love to drink soup, but also know how to make soup. Whether it is from selecting materials, matching and heating, they are all very particular. My mother often made soup for us since I was a child. Drinking different soups in different seasons is not only delicious, but also can strengthen the body. Next, I will send you cold melon, soybean and pork bone soup suitable for summer ~
Cold melons (also known as bitter gourd) can clear away heat and detoxify, relieve heat and dampness, and prevent heat and eczema. If the skin is hot and humid, resulting in sores, eczema, short urine, tingling urine, and pain in the joints, Liangmelon Pork Bone Soup is especially suitable for drinking in summer. The soup tastes bitter, sweet, clear and moist. It has the effects of clearing summer heat, removing heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. It is a soup to relieve summer heat. It is also commonly used among the people to treat thirst due to summer heat, heat furuncle, excessive prickly heat, eye conjunctivitis and other diseases.
Soybeans are the most protein-rich plant-based food and are known as the "meat of vegetarian food". It contains a variety of essential amino acids, plant proteins, vitamin B group, vitamin E, etc., which can accelerate the body's metabolism. It is also rich in phosphorus, can regulate brain nerves and enhance intelligence.
The two are an excellent combination for nourishing the brain and strengthening the body.

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Steps for Pork bone soup with cold melon and soybeans

  • Make  step 0
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    Remove the core in the middle and cut into strips about 5 cm long and 1 cm wide.
  • Make  step 1
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    Pour 2/3 of the water into the soup pot. Because soybeans are difficult to make soft, put the washed soybeans into the soup pot first and boil them.
  • Make  step 2
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    Wash the pork bones and place them in boiling water to remove the blood and fishy smell, and then place them into the soup pot.
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    Then pour in the cold melon strips and candied dates.
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    Turn to low heat and cook for 1.5 hours.
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