E – 11
White Fungus with Papaya
[ Ingredients ]
1 Papaya (ripen)
25 g White Fungus
5 g Sweet Almonds
5 g Bitter Almonds
160 g Rock Sugar
Nutritious Herbal Chicken Soup
[ Ingredients ]
420 g Chicken half
36 g Red Dates
20 g Wai San
20 g Kei Chee
20 g Tung Sam
20 g Pak Kei
20 g Longan
[ Method ]
1. Soak the white fungus for at least 3 hours. Tear out the
leafy fungus, then rinse thoroughly and drain well.
Discard the stem of white fungus.
2. Skin and remove the pits of papaya after cutting into
half. Scoop out the papaya as balls or cut into dices of
3 cm
3
.
3. In a 3-litre casserole put in white fungus, sweet
almonds, bitter almonds and 500 ml of water. Cook
with cover on microwave HIGH for 20 minutes. Let
stand for 10 minutes.
4. Add in papaya dices, rock sugar and 500 ml of boiling
water. Cook with cover on SLOW COOK HIGH for 1
hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes.
5. Stir well. Serve 4 persons.
[ Method ]
1. Preparation –
Cut the chicken half into 4 to 6 pieces. Remove the
skin. Rinse and soak all the herbs into 1150 ml of water
in a 3-litre casserole for at least 3 hours.
2. In a 2-litre casserole boil 1000 ml of water with cover
on microwave HIGH for 10 minutes. Put in chicken
pieces. Boil with cover for another 4 minutes. Then
take out and rinse.
3. Put the scalded chicken into the soaking herbs and
cook with cover on SLOW COOK HIGH for 1 hour 30
minutes. Then on SLOW COOK LOW for 20 to 40
minutes.
4. Add salt (1 tsp or more) as desired. After stir let stand
with cover for 5 minutes.
5. Serve 4 persons.
