Water Gourd Steam Soup

A colleague gave us one piece of gourd (found in the internet that it is known as water gourd or dried gourd or long gourd, chinese called it wu lou) which I was not sure what to do with it... and since he proposed that I make steam soup with it, I tried it out today....

Cut the top away, scooped the content out and add in part of the content back (cut to cube), 2 pieces of pork rib, 2 pieces of carrot cube, one dried scallop, 1 sweet date and a handful of wolfberry. No salt is added...

Steam double boil style for 1hr at low fire... yummmy.

Bake Herbal Chicken with Glutinious Rice

• 1 cup of glutinous rice - soaked for at least 4hrs (best if over 8hrs to reduce cooking time)


• 4 pieces of chinese red dates


• a bunch of ginseng root


• 1 tablespoon of wolfberries


• 2 cups of water (if soaked overnight, only need 1/2 cup)


• 1 whole chicken thigh + drumstick


• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce - marinate


• one pinch of salt & pepper - marinate


• 1 tablespoon of Benedict Dom (its a alcohol) - marinate


• 1 tablepoon of Hoi Sin Sauce - marinate


• 1 tablespoon of pomfret fish sauce - marinate

1. Soaked the rice for at least 4hrs. Marinate the chicken for the same time.


2. Prepare a piece of big size heavy duty aluminium foil.


3. Place the rice on the middle aluminium foil. Place all the herbal ingredients on top of the rice. Place the chicken on top and pour all the sauce over the chicken.


4. Fold the aluminium foil side up. Pour the water to soak the rice.


5. Cover up everything and bake at 190 degree celcius for 1 hr, or till the water dry up.

Bake Herbal Chicken With Glutinious Rice @ Group Recipes

Pear Drink

Had been coughing and coughing for so long and the throat is filled with phlegm, so decided to do something soothing my throat, but was too lazy to do double boil. So, this is really simple.

Boil 2.5 glass of water. Add in kei chei (wolfberry), one medium size rock sugar to taste and red dates. Cut the pear to cube pieces. Add it in the water, boil for bout 5mins.

All in all, only required less than 10mins to get this done...

Chicken Fish Maw Soup Noodle

• 1 chopped chicken drumstick


• 5 pieces of red dates


• 2 pieces of fish maw (soaked for 10mins)


• 5 slices of ginseng


• 1 piece of dried scallop


• 2 pieces of dried mussels


• 1 teaspoon of Benedict DOM


• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce


• 3 cups of water


• Salt and pepper to taste


• 1 piece of dried noodle.

1. Bring one cup of water to boil, and boil the dried noodle for 2mins. Drain and mix with Benedict DOM and soy sauce. Leave aside.


2. Bring the balance of 2 cups of water to boil. Add in red dates, scallop and mussels.


3. After 5mins, add in chicken drumstick, salt and pepper.


4. Add in fish maw after 5mins and boil for 10mins.


5. Serve the soup on the noodle.

Chicken Fish Maw Soup Noodle @ Group Recipes

Pork Rib Soup

• 500g of pork ribs
• 1 pc of 10cm ginseng
• 1 tablespoon of kei chi
• 1 tablespoon of red dates
• 1 pc of dried shellfish (cut to small pieces and soaked in water for 5 mins)
• 1 tablespoon of dried scallops
• 700ml water

1. Add everything together and boil it before leaving it in the slow cooker and boil for about 4hrs.

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Noodle Soup

• One piece of dried noodle


• Two pieces of sausage (cut to 4 pieces each)


• Five pieces of chestnut (boiled and skin removed, halved)


• Two teaspoon of miso paste


• 200ml water (four soup)


• 200ml water (for cooking the noodle)


• One small piece of lotus root (sliced)


• One teaspoon of soya sauce


• Four pieces of chinese date


• Few leave of lettuce


• A dash of pepper


• Parsley for decoration

1. Boil 200ml water. Add in noodle when the water is boiling. Leave it for a few minute till the water re-boil again. Drained off the water and let some cold water run over the noodle. Set aside.


2. Boil another 200ml of water. Add in lotus root, chestnut and red dates. Leave it to boil for about 2mins.


3. Add in miso paste, soya sauce and sausage.


4. Stir in the noodle and lettuce.


5. Dish out to serve. Decorate with parsley and dash on some pepper.

Noodle Soup @ Group Recipes