Vegetarian Soup - Soup for Humid Spring

* this soup meant to nourish your spleen and release your excess humid in your body （健脾祛濕）

Ingredients:

Hairy Mountain Fig (五指毛桃）x 2 pc (around 250g)
Fresh Yam (鮮淮山/ 山藥）x 1/2 stick (around 150g)
Dried Lotus seeds x 1 bunch (around 20g)
Dried Lily Bulbs x 1 bunch (around 20g)
Fox Nut (茨實) x 1 big bunch (around 50g)
Chestnut around 150g (shell removed)
Red dates x 10pc and remove the seed inside
Carrot x 1 pc
Corn x 1 pc

How to Make:

1. Hairy Mountain Fig and the lotus sees lily bulbs, fox nut, all rinse and soak in water for 15 mins.

2. Fresh Yam peel off skin (using gloves if you have sensitive skin) and cut into pieces.

3. Carrot and Corn rinse and cut into pieces.

4. Put all ingredients to pot and once boil, turn to medium to medium low heat and cook for 1.5 to 2 hours.

For non-vegetarian version, can add lean pork too. This soup has a coconut smell somehow and very appetizing to me.

Enjoy!