WHITE FUNGUS SOUP WITH GINKGO NUT AND CHINESE MUSHROOM

This soup is full of natural nourishing ingredients that works to expel heat and balance our intake. It also contains a few ingredients that...

This soup is full of natural nourishing ingredients that works to expel heat and balance our intake. It also contains a few ingredients that can help boost metabolism and enhance beauty: White fungus contains plant gelatin, proteins and vitamins. It clears heat, moisturizers the lungs and body. It also increases the metabolism of cells, in the process whitening and moisturizing the skin. Job's tear is effective in whitening skin, expelling heat, promoting metabolism and has diuretic effect to help lose weight. Chinese mushroom tastes sweet, benefits the liver and kidney, improves stomach, boost brain power, enhances beauty, reduces high cholesterol level and high blood pressure. It is said that this soup is suitable for weak stomach and intestine, slimming, reducing blood fat and expelling of heat from the body. 

It's naturally sweet and it is nourishing for the skin at the same time :D
Ginkgo nuts are a traditional food item in the oriental cuisine. In Chinese culture, they are believed to have various health benefits, which include lowering cholesterol level, anti-aging, anti-oxidant, and preservation of brain function (Studies on ginkgo's effects on cognitive function have had mixed results though). However, ginkgo should be eaten in limited quantities. It contains a poisonous ingredient: 4-O-methylpyridoxine, also known as ginkgotoxin. Eating it raw and excessive consumption (More than 10 a day) can lead to food poisoning. 

Ingredients:


  • 3 maces (Approx 11.3g) white fungus
  • 5 ginkgo nut, shells, inner skin and inner stem (bitter) removed 
  • 5 dried fig
  • 4 Chinese mushroom, soaked
  • 5 maces (Approx 18.9g) lotus seed
  • 5 maces (Approx 18.9g) job's tear
  • 5 maces (Approx 18.9g) Chinese yam (dried)/huai shan
  • Approx 9.5g goji berries
  • Approx 150-200g lean meat


  1. Rinse and soak white fungus for a few times til fully expanded. Drain and set aside.
  2. Scald lean meat in boiling water for 5 mins, rinse and set aside.
  3. Rinse other remaining ingredients and set aside.
  4. Place all ingredients in an electric double boiler together with 1200ml water. Set timer to 3 hours. Serve. 

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