Recipe : Sweet corn, lotus and red dates soup

I went to the wet market today to buy some lotus roots and the lady who sells vegetables told me that lotus roots taste great with some sweet corn in the soup. So, she convinced me to buy a corn on the cob and lotus root.

corn,lotus root and pork ribs

Here are the basic ingredients for most Chinese soups. Some pork ribs, the vegetables consisting of corn and lotus. I have parboiled the pork ribs and washed it really clean. I hate those nasty sediments so I normally parboiled the pork ribs and leave it under running water to clean it further.

corn,lotus root and pork ribs

These are all the ingredients that go into my soup. I added some red dates. Red dates contain minerals and also lend a nice flavour to the soup. Then, there is the mandatory half a bulb of garlic.

I boiled about 2 bowls of water and drop all of these into the pot. Let it boil on high heat for five minutes and then, turn down heat and leave to simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour, depending on how soft you want your pork ribs to be. If you use chicken carcass or chicken bones, you do not need to boil that long.

corn,lotus root and pork ribs soup

True enough, the combination of corn and lotus really give the soup a nice flavour. In fact, it is much nicer than lotus and peanut soups. Try it! Cheap and very nutritious.

In case you wonder about the slow down in postings, I have been postings all Penang Foods on my new blog. Please visit my new blog as I have posted some nice hawker foods from Penang.

Posted by lilian on April 24th, 2008 under Recipe

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3 Responses to “Recipe : Sweet corn, lotus and red dates soup”

  1. babe_kl Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 9:56 am

    corn wid lotus roots? dats a first for me, must tell my mom cos she always make this soup :p i will go there and makan kekeke

  2. waiwai Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    i always boil lotus roots soup with 2-3 pieces of honeydates. They give the soup depth and a nice natural sweetness. also, throw in some peanuts for crunchiness.

  3. eunice Says:
    April 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    i love lotus root soup! grandma always cooks this wtih carrots too, no garlic though hehe

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