Old cucumber soup

Ingredients
(Serves 3)
- One small to medium size Chinese old cucumber
- 1.3 litres of water
- 10 red dates
- 6 dried scallops
- 200g pork ribs
- 1 piece dried cuttlefish
- 1 sweet corn, cut to small pieces
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and cut (
- salt, to taste
Directions
1. Scrub the skin of the old cucumber clean and cut it in half, length-wise. Scoop out the
seeds using a spoon. Cut into smaller chunks.
2. In a small pot, blanch the pork ribs in boiling water for a few minutes (so as to remove
the scum bits). Drain the pork ribs and set aside.
3. In a soup pot, add old cucumber chunks, blanched pork, water, red dates, dried
scallops, dried cuttlefish, sweet corn and carrots. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and
simmer the soup over low heat for about 40 minutes. For best results, keep warm in
thermal pot for four hours prior to serving. Season to taste with salt.