Miso Soup Recipe - With Fish and Tofu

This simple and high protein fish and tofu soup recipe offers restaurant-quality soup in just a few steps. The delicious soup goes well with steamed rice. It certainly can provide you with a bowl of warm comfort on a chilly day. Do enjoy!

Ingredients

600g (1 ¼ Ib) of mackerel fish
1 or 2 square tofu
2 tablespoons of ground pork or chicken
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh coriander
A few slices of ginger
2 tablespoons of corn starch
2 cups of water
Salt (to taste)

Seasonings

4 tablespoons of miso paste
1 tablespoon of rice wine
1 tablespoon of sugar

Methods

1) Cut the tofu into squares.
2) Mix the ground pork or chicken with seasonings in a bowl.
3) Clean the mackerel fish with water.
4) Apply corn starch all over the fish. (Corn starch will prevent the fish from sticking onto the pan during frying.)
5) Heat 2 tablespoon of cooking oil in a frying pan and fry the fish until lightly brown on both sides.
6) Add the slices of ginger and fry it for about 10 seconds.
7) Add 2 cups of water to the fish and wait for the soup to boil.
8) Add the seasoned ground pork or chicken into the soup and bring it to boil.
9) When the soup is boiling, add tofu.
10)Simmer on low heat for 10 to 15 minutes.
11) Taste the soup. Add salt if necessary.
12)Scoop the soup into a bowl and garnish with chopped coriander.

   

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Lotus Root Soup Recipe - The Easiest Home Cooked Recipe

It is so easy to make and so tasty to sip that you cannot stop sipping it !

Lotus root soup is one of my family’s favourites.  We can have it a few times a week and still savour it. Just throw all the ingredients into the pot and boil for an hour.  It is that quick and easy ! Lotus root is well known for its health benefits of reducing heat in one's body and relieves constipation.

Ingredients

 about 600g (1 ½ Ib) of lotus root

about 400g of pork ribs or chicken ribs

3 tablespoon of raw peanuts (with skin)

10 red dates

Water

Seasonings

1 teaspoon of sea salt

1 tablespoon of soya sauce (optional)

Black pepper powder

Methods

1.    Remove the outer skin of the lotus root.

2.    Slice the lotus root as thin as possible.

3.    Boil half pot of water

4.    When the water is boiling, add in the chicken bone.

5.    Wait till the water is boiling, then add in the sliced lotus root, red dates and the raw peanuts.

6.    The water should be enough to just cover all the ingredients.  Add more water if necessary.

7.     Full boil for 5 minutes and turn to low heat.

8.    Simmer for 1 to 1.5 hour.

9.    Add salt, soya sauce (optional) and black pepper before serving.

Health Benefit of Lotus Roots   

 

Lotus root is known for its medicinal values. Some of its health benefits are :

1)    Stop diarrhoea.

2)    Reduces the heat in the body. Patients with high fever can drink lotus root juice cold.

3)     Improves one’s appetite.

4)    Rich in iron, vitamins B and C.

5)    Rich fibre content of lotus root stimulates peristalsis and relieves constipation.

6)     Drinking 2 to 3 glasses of lotus root juice a day may stop blood vomiting caused by bleeding of the oesophagus and stomach, discharging blood in the faeces due to bleeding of the rectum, intestines or stomach, nose bleeding or gum bleeding.

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