One of The Favourite Soup - Bittergourd 凉瓜汤
ABC Soup (a Malaysia soup) is most adults and children's favorite. However, this post is all about Bittergourd Soup (凉瓜汤) instead as it is another favorite of my family now.
Most children does not like bittergourd (for me too since I was in a very tender age) but I hope my twinnies will like it. Hence, I introduced bittergourd to them since they were at around 1 year old as they were still unable to distinguish the bitterness taste at their age. Their first bittergourd dish was diced bittergourd and minced chicken with porridge. Lucky they both like it.
When they were 2, diced steamed bitter gourd and cherry tomatoes were mixed with soft rice. Subsequently, this soup was introduced to them.
It is very easy to prepare this soup, just like boiling ABC soup (place all ingredients into the pot and bring it to boil).
The ingredients needed for this soup will be medium size bitter gourd, ripe tomatoes, optional would be: meat (pork/chicken) and don't forget to add the chinese preserved mustard tuber (榨菜 - Zha Cai).
To make this soup more tasty, you may opt to add some dried mini scallops ^^
Bittergourd Soup
Ingredients
Most children does not like bittergourd (for me too since I was in a very tender age) but I hope my twinnies will like it. Hence, I introduced bittergourd to them since they were at around 1 year old as they were still unable to distinguish the bitterness taste at their age. Their first bittergourd dish was diced bittergourd and minced chicken with porridge. Lucky they both like it.
When they were 2, diced steamed bitter gourd and cherry tomatoes were mixed with soft rice. Subsequently, this soup was introduced to them.
It is very easy to prepare this soup, just like boiling ABC soup (place all ingredients into the pot and bring it to boil).
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Bittergourd Soup
Ingredients
- 500 g Pork Ribs or Chicken
- 800 ml Water
- 1 medium Bittergourd
- 3 medium Tomatoes, ripped
- 8 Mini Dried Scallops
- 2 Slices Preserved Chinese Mustard
Instructions:
1. Rinse bitter gourd and tomatoes with water.
2. Cut bitter gourd (pic.1), remove bitter gourd seeds (pic. 2) and cut tomatoes into chunk (pic. 3).
3. If using meat, wash and par-boiling the meat in hot boiling water. There will a thick film of congealed meat blood on the surface of the liquid, remove it with a very fine mesh skimmer. Or you can simply discard the liquid and retain the clean slab of meat for the soup. Rinse the meat, pat dry and let it cool completely before adding them to the simmering pot/slow cooker - refer note.
4. Add all ingredients into simmering pot/slow cooker. Simmering for 3 hours. (For stovetop, simmer using medium-low heat, once its boiling then turn to low heat and half-covered the pot. Stir occasionally to avoid ingredients settling to the bottom and it might caused burning.
5. When the soup is cooked, you may strain the soup to remove the froth and bits floating on top. Usually I would strain the soup before serving - to remove excess oil.
Happy Soup Boiling ^^1. Rinse bitter gourd and tomatoes with water.
2. Cut bitter gourd (pic.1), remove bitter gourd seeds (pic. 2) and cut tomatoes into chunk (pic. 3).
3. If using meat, wash and par-boiling the meat in hot boiling water. There will a thick film of congealed meat blood on the surface of the liquid, remove it with a very fine mesh skimmer. Or you can simply discard the liquid and retain the clean slab of meat for the soup. Rinse the meat, pat dry and let it cool completely before adding them to the simmering pot/slow cooker - refer note.
4. Add all ingredients into simmering pot/slow cooker. Simmering for 3 hours. (For stovetop, simmer using medium-low heat, once its boiling then turn to low heat and half-covered the pot. Stir occasionally to avoid ingredients settling to the bottom and it might caused burning.
5. When the soup is cooked, you may strain the soup to remove the froth and bits floating on top. Usually I would strain the soup before serving - to remove excess oil.
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