Cantonese soup

Rice and soup are very important food in my life,especially soup. I can't imagine how others survive without them. Our soup is very different from other places of China. it contains fresh fruit, meat and herbs. the combination of ingredients are different according different seasons and weather. the climate of GZ is very special, it is extremely humid in spring and summer, very dehydrated during November and December. Cantonese like to use food to help the body adapt different weather. most Cantonese family have soup with dinner everyday. if our mum don't have time to make soup, there are lot of soup shops in the old town and most Cantonese fast food restaurants also serve soup.

herbs are used to make Cantonese soup

a lot of families have their secret ingredients, experienced house wifes know how to combine herbs for different seasons. for lazy kind, there are preserved packages can be found in super markets. all most all the chinese super market in London sell Cantonese soup package. when I was travelling, I usually take few packs with me. in Iran, the weather is extremely dry, especially in desert, I felt really uncomfortable, feeling dizzy, my skin is dehydrated and have no appetite all the time. I felt much better after having some sweet soup. can't imagine how Iranian live without soup in this extreme weather condition. 

   

  

 many people from the north feel sick when they firstly came to GZ. yesterday a foreign friend told me, she found blemish on her face since last week she arrived GZ. so I made some soup for her and hope to ease the symptom. 

I made apple,corn and carrot soup for her, this soup suit for this season. considering foreigners might don't like the smelt of herbs, i didn't put any herbs in it.

ingredients: apple x1

                  corn  x1

                  carrot  x1

                  ginger   x 3slices

                  pork     300g

put everything together then add in water until all the ingredients are covered. 

most cantonese family have ceramics soup cooker. if you have a rice cooker have soup mode, the process is easy -- just press the button and wait for its done. 

Stockpot：large fire until it boiled, then turn into small fire and boil about 30 mins