Double-boiled soup 燉湯
Double-boiled Asian pear with fritillaria
川貝燉雪梨cyun1 bui3 dan6 syut3 lei4
Traditionally eaten to clear heat. Best in hot, dry or "heaty" spells. Asian pear is cool and fritillaria slightly cold.
Good for The classic home remedy for a dry, hot cough with sticky phlegm.
- 15 minprep
- 1 h 30 mincook
- 2servings
- Double-boilAutumn, Winter
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Ingredients
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- 1¼ cups300 mlWater
No pantry items here. Buy the fresh asian pear (snow pear) locally or on Weee!.
Method
- Cut a lid off each pear and scoop out the core.
- Fill with crushed fritillaria and rock sugar; put the lid back on.
- Set the pears in bowls with a little water and steam covered for 1.5 hours.
- Eat the pear and drink the juice.
Who should go easy
Not for a cough from a chill with clear phlegm. Ask a practitioner before giving to young children or when pregnant.
Traditional Chinese food therapy, not medical advice. Ask your doctor if you are pregnant, on medication or unwell.
Ingredient natures from Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, "中醫食療——食物種類分析" (Dr Lam To-yee, registered Chinese medicine practitioner, 2022), Me & Qi herb database. How we judge a soup’s nature.
Watch someone make it
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