Yen Can Cook ~ Fleece Flower Root Soup with Black Bean
Although majority businesses/retail shops are opened after the declaration of Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO), but I’ll still remain my practice of cooking at home or opt for food delivery/take away for my daily meal. So I will continue to share more recipes in my blog for the moment, enjoy!
Fleece Flower Root 何首乌, ‘He Shou Wu’ in Mandarin, is well known for its benefit in darkening hair color. It eases symptoms of premature aging, e.g. blurred vision, hair greying, weak knees and sore lower back. Besides that, it is also hailed as a natural herbal remedy for various health problems: improve blood circulation, improve the functioning of the kidney and liver, strengthening bones and muscles, good for detoxification, constipation and irregular menstruation.
This soup is suitable for those with blood an “Qi” dedicieny, poor blood and “Qi” circulation and poor eyesight.
Ingredients (Serve: 3-4)
1/2 Kampung Chicken, cut into chunks
40g Fleece Flower Root (He Shou Wu)
75g black bean, rinsed
10 red dates, pitted
20g dried longan
30g Astragalus Root 黄芪 ‘Huang Qi’
2500ml water
Salt to taste
A few ginger slices & cooking wine for blanching chicken
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HAPPY COOKING! Continue #stayathome #dudukrumah
Interesting! I must buy the fleece flower root and cook this soup. See if can reverse my white hairs or not. LOL!
PH, I also must drink more because my white hairs are growing more & more ~>_<~
You always make soups with ingredients (roots) I’ve not even heard of! ;D Your family is so fortunate to be drinking these nourishing soups on a frequent basis.
Kris, I have a recipe book which is all about boiled soup , that’s why I can share many boiled soup recipes ^__*
I’ve never made soup with this beans and yet I do love herbal soup of all sort, one of these days perhaps 😀
KY, you can try to use black beans alone to boil soup if you cannot get the HeShouWu.
this is one of my favourite traditional chinese soups too – but i hadn’t known its name before this! didn’t know it’s called Fleece Flower Root :)))
Sean, I also Googled it, haha 😛