Lotus Root soup

We were in China Town doing our usual shopping when Shern spotted this Lotus Root, so he asked me to boil some soup with it. I really like this soup. My parents always boil this soup for us. I added some peanuts too.

This is abstracted from Rose’s Kitchen. She’s really a good cook! Shoud check her blog.

1 section lotus root

500g pork ribs

a handful of peanuts

20  red dates, stoned

2 litres of water

Seasoning:

1 tsp salt

1 tsp light soya sauce

Method:

1.  Remove mud from lotus root.  Wash clean and cut into slices.

2.  Blanch pork ribs in boiling water.  Rinse and drain.

3.  Blanch peanuts in boiling water, wash and drain. (You can skip this step if you want to. I did!)

4.  Bring 2 litres of water to a boil.  Add in the sliced lotus root, peanuts, red dates and pork ribs.  Boil on high flame for 15 minutes.  Lower flame and simmer for 2 hours.

5.  Lastly, add seasoning to taste.

It’s really good, and it reminds us of home too…

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