Recipe: Snow Pear With Spare Ribs Soup 雪梨南北杏排骨汤

It has been quite a while since I last came up with a recipe post. I have been craving for good quality boiled soup instead of those instanteous soups made with ikan bilis/chicken cubes. Thus, I ordered this soup for lunch at the foodcourt but my tongue felt numb for the rest of the day due to MSG overdose. I decided to make this soup myself so my family could benefit from the cooling properties of the soup. Here are some benefits of Snow Pear: - Stops coughing - Expels heatiness - Dissolves phlegm - Good for respiratory ailments I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. Bon appetit!

Ingredients A: 2 Snow Pears (雪梨) (cored and sliced) Spare Ribs 250gm (blanched) 1 tsp Chinese Almond (南杏) 1 tsp Apricot kernel (北杏) Ingredients B: (All to be soaked in water till softened. Retain the liquid to be added into the soup) 6 Red Dates (红枣) 2 Dried Honey Dates (蜜枣) 1 tbsp Wolfberries/Goji (枸杞) Instructions: 1) Boil a pot of water (1.8L) 2) Add in Ingredients A 3) Add in Ingredients B except Wolfberries/Goji 4) Allow to boil, then reduce fire to simmer for 1 - 2 hours 5) Add Wolfberries/Goji ten minutes before serving 6) Serves 4 *If you are unable to find Snow Pears, then any kind of yellow, chinese pears will do.

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Note: Pears are very cooling so those with "cooling constitution" should not eat too much. Apricot kernel (北杏) is said to be toxic in large amounts so take in moderation.