Category: Soup

Bitter gourd, also known as bitter melon, is a tropical vine that belongs to the gourd family and is closely related to zucchini, squash, pumpkin, and cucumber. It is widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in the shape and bitterness of the fruit. The fruit has a distinct warty exterior and […]

I like to “experiment” all sort of combination of vegetables and fruits for my soup, so you may find some “unusual” (or should I say exotic? not really though :P) ingredients such as starfruit, yacon, lentils and barleys in my soup recipes. Those recipes are not originally created by me, some I referred to cookbooks and some were online recipes. […]

Yacon 雪莲果, is a perennial root vegetable that looks something like a sweet potato but the texture and flavour are very similar to jicama, sweet and crunchy. Yacon tuber roots are used to produce sweet syrup and powder since the root juices hold a great deal of fructooligosaccharides which is a polysaccharide made up of fructose. This polysaccharide is sweet […]

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 […]

Hearty and creamy, this simple sweet corn potato soup only takes less than half an hour to pull together. Serve it with crusty bread for soaking up every bit of the soup and a healthy green salad for a quick yet wholesome meal. Mine is a rather simplified version which is without using using any milk, cream or flour.   […]