Candied Winter Melon & Ear Fungus Sweet Soup

Ingredients

225g white ear fungus 银耳
110g candied winter melon 糖冬瓜 (my favourites)
10 red dates
2 ginger slices
add to taste some rock sugar



Methods

1. Rinse ear fungus and then soak into the water for 30 mins. Drain well and remove the stem.

2. Put all the ingredients except rock sugar into the pot, cook with 8 bowls of water until cooked. Then turn into low heat and cook for another 30 mins. Add in rock sugar and cook until dissolved and turn off flame.

Candied Winter Melon

It has the cooling property, promotes urination, prevents hemorrhoid. Winter melon consists of multi-vitamin and multi-mineal which helps to regulate the metabolism. It can reduce the appetite of a person and thus reduce fat formation by increase the convert of carbohydrate into energy rather than fat. Besides, winter melon has anti-aging effect.