Snow Pear, Carrot and Pork Bone Soup （雪梨萝卜汤）

If you are craving for chinese soup and prefer something light and sweet, try this!
This is also a home remedy for persistent cough and the herbs used have cooling properties.


Serves 2

Ingredients
200 - 250g pork ribs
2 large snow pears (雪梨) - washed clean, cored and cut into qtrs

1 medium size carrot - peeled and cut to large pieces

1 tbsp of bitter and sweet almonds (南北杏) - rinsed
1-2 honey dates (蜜枣) - pre-soaked for 30mins
1 tbsp of wolfberries (枸杞子) - rinsed
1 tbsp of Fritillaria bulb (川贝母) - rinsed
1/2 tsp salt


Method
- Blanch the pork ribs with boiling water to remove the scum. In the soup pot, add 2 big soup bowls of boiling water.
- Add blanched pork ribs + salt into the boiling pot of water.
- Cook the pork ribs for about 10-15mins, add the rest of the ingredients.
- Bring to a boil and cover the pot with the lid and let the soup simmer for 1.5 to 2 hours on low heat.
- Make sure there's enough water for all the ingredients to be fully submerged. If not, just add more hot water into the pot progressively.

Remarks
- If you don't have TCM herbs, you can do without. But it'll be nice to add at least wolfberries and dates (you can use red dates instead of honey dates)