Bitter gourd pork rib soup

Ingredients: bitter gourd, pork rib, ginger, red dates, water

First time trying: Bitter gourd 

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean

- use hot water to run over pork ribs 

- peel bitter gourd and cut in half lengthwise, remove the seeds

- rub small amount of salt on the bitter gourd, rinse off. 

- slice bitter gourd and ginger 

- put all the ingredients in a bowl

- fill in water and bring to boil

- once it is boiling, turn to medium heat and continue to boil for another 1.5-2 hours

- serve with rice or mee

Remarks: Bitter gourd soup is often cooked by the Chinese when the weather is hot as it believed to have cooling effects on the body. 

White radish seaweed soup

Ingredients: White radish, seaweed, pork ribs, red dates, thumb size ginger, water

Method:

- wash the ingredients clean

- soak seaweed for 2 hours then rinse, cut small pieces

- peel and dice white radish

- blanch the pork ribs 

- put all the ingredients in a pot

- add water and start to boil 

- turn to medium heat once boiling and continue to boil for 1.5-2 hours. 

ABC soup with mee suah

Ingredients: carrot, corn, tomato, potato, pork rib, organic mee suah

Method: 

- wash the ingredients clean

- peel the skin of carrot and potato

- dice the ingredient to small chunk 

- rinse the pork ribs with hot boiling water 

- put in the bowl, add water and start boiling

- add carrot, corn, potato, tomato and continue to boil for about an hour 

- when it is almost done, add in mee suah and continue to boil until mee softened. Serve. 

Potato + pork ribs porridge

 

Ingredients: Potato, pork ribs, rice 

First time trying: pork rib

Method:

- wash the ingredients 

- peel white potato

- put all the ingredients in a small pot

- add water until it covers the ingredients and half of the pot

- stove cook for 45 minutes to one hour 

- stir occasionally

- once done, scrape off meat from the ribs, put in food processor together with cooked porridge, blend for smoother consistency. Serve. 

Remark: 

Baby Julius started to have two meals at this age. Porridge around at 11pm, fruit snack at around 3pm.