Cantonese Soups

Ingredients · Fresh

Winter melon

冬瓜

Keep the skin on for soup; it is said to clear heat too.

Cooling寒

Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Source: Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022).

Where to buy

Fresh. Best from a local Asian grocer, or Weee! where it delivers.

Soups with winter melon

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